#5E215E#5E215E

#5E215E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.120 H 327.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E215E
RGB	rgb(94, 33, 94)
HSL	hsl(300, 48%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(300, 65%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.56, 36.52, -23.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.56, 43.33, 327.45°)
OKLab	oklab(36.52% 0.1017 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(36.52% 0.12 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.1802, 4.2760, 11.0347)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5E215E #215E21

analogous

#40215E #5E215E #5E2140

triadic

#5E215E #5E5E21 #215E5E

tetradic

#5E215E #5E4021 #215E21 #21405E

square

#5E215E #5E4021 #215E21 #21405E

split-complementary

#5E215E #405E21 #215E40

monochromatic

#170817 #311131 #5E215E #8B318B #B941B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.32

#5E215E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#5E215E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E215E

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E215E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E215E	1.00	11.32	1.86	11.32
#FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A3560

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F3D5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#61293C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e215e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 33, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.120 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e618c',
    500: '#5e215e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e215e;
$custom-light: #8e618c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e215e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36518,
    "c": 0.12035,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E215E

secondary

#499249

accent

#D85050

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0EAF0

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0C050C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E215E

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

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