#5E2157#5E2157

#5E2157 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.114 H 332.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2157
RGB	rgb(94, 33, 87)
HSL	hsl(307, 48%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(307, 65%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 7.4%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.18, 35.19, -19.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.18, 40.13, 331.27°)
OKLab	oklab(36.11% 0.1009 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(36.11% 0.114 332.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.8802, 4.1560, 9.4548)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2157 #215E28

analogous

#46215E #5E2157 #5E2139

triadic

#5E2157 #575E21 #21575E

tetradic

#5E2157 #5E4621 #215E28 #21395E

square

#5E2157 #5E4621 #215E28 #21395E

split-complementary

#5E2157 #395E21 #215E46

monochromatic

#170815 #31112D #5E2157 #8B3181 #B941AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#5E2157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#5E2157 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2157

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2157	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F3459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#323D55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#622638

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 33, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.114 332.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6186',
    500: '#5e2157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2157;
$custom-light: #8e6186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.885,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36114,
    "c": 0.11385,
    "h": 332.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2157

secondary

#499251

accent

#D86050

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0EAEF

border

#CBC6CA

text

#0C050B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2157

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

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