#5E2174#5E2174

#5E2174 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.142 H 315.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2174
RGB	rgb(94, 33, 116)
HSL	hsl(284, 56%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(284, 72%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 71.6%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.95, 41.13, -35.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.95, 54.24, 319.31°)
OKLab	oklab(37.96% 0.1018 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(37.96% 0.142 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3118, 4.7287, 16.9945)
Luminance	0.0473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 5.21

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2174 #377421

analogous

#342174 #5E2174 #742161

triadic

#5E2174 #745E21 #21745E

tetradic

#5E2174 #743421 #377421 #216174

square

#5E2174 #743421 #377421 #216174

split-complementary

#5E2174 #617421 #217434

monochromatic

#130718 #371344 #5E2174 #852FA4 #A745CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.79

#5E2174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#5E2174 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2174

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2174	1.00	10.79	1.95	10.79
#FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203F72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C3148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 33, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.142 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f629c',
    500: '#5e2174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2174;
$custom-light: #8f629c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.096,
    "s": 55.705,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37962,
    "c": 0.14229,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2174

secondary

#62A749

accent

#DF4971

background

#F9F6F9

surface

#F1EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0D050E

muted

#7E7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2174

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →