#5E2170#5E2170

#5E2170 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.138 H 317.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2170
RGB	rgb(94, 33, 112)
HSL	hsl(286, 54%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(286, 71%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 70.5%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.68, 40.25, -33.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.68, 52.20, 320.45°)
OKLab	oklab(37.68% 0.102 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(37.68% 0.138 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.0842, 4.6376, 15.7954)
Luminance	0.0464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 4.88

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2170 #337021

analogous

#362170 #5E2170 #70215A

triadic

#5E2170 #705E21 #21705E

tetradic

#5E2170 #703621 #337021 #215A70

square

#5E2170 #703621 #337021 #215A70

split-complementary

#5E2170 #5A7021 #217036

monochromatic

#140718 #361341 #5E2170 #862F9F #AA44C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.90

#5E2170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#5E2170 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2170

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2170	1.00	10.90	1.93	10.90
#FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003972

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#243F6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D3045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 33, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.138 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6299',
    500: '#5e2170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2170;
$custom-light: #8e6299;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.329,
    "s": 54.483,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37681,
    "c": 0.1382,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2170

secondary

#5EA449

accent

#DE4A6C

background

#F9F6F9

surface

#F1EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0D050E

muted

#7E7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2170

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

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