#5E1F8E#5E1F8E

#5E1F8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.171 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E1F8E
RGB	rgb(94, 31, 142)
HSL	hsl(274, 64%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(274, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 78.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.61, 47.98, -49.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.61, 68.60, 314.38°)
OKLab	oklab(39.76% 0.0996 -0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(39.76% 0.171 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.9875, 5.3127, 26.0852)
Luminance	0.0531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E1F8E #4F8E1F

analogous

#271F8E #5E1F8E #8E1F87

triadic

#5E1F8E #8E5E1F #1F8E5E

tetradic

#5E1F8E #8E271F #4F8E1F #1F878E

square

#5E1F8E #8E271F #4F8E1F #1F878E

split-complementary

#5E1F8E #878E1F #1F8E27

monochromatic

#1B092A #3D145C #5E1F8E #7F2AC0 #9D4FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.18

#5E1F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#5E1F8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E1F8E

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E1F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E1F8E	1.00	10.18	2.06	10.18
#FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553B56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e1f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 31, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.171 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9162b0',
    500: '#5e1f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e1f8e;
$custom-light: #9162b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e1f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.054,
    "s": 64.162,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3976,
    "c": 0.17148,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E1F8E

secondary

#7DBB4D

accent

#E74189

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E1F8E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →