#5E2178#5E2178

#5E2178 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.146 H 313.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2178
RGB	rgb(94, 33, 120)
HSL	hsl(282, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(282, 73%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 72.5%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.23, 42.02, -37.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.23, 56.29, 318.28°)
OKLab	oklab(38.25% 0.1014 -0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(38.25% 0.146 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.5495, 4.8237, 18.2464)
Luminance	0.0482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 5.62

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2178 #3B7821

analogous

#322178 #5E2178 #782167

triadic

#5E2178 #785E21 #21785E

tetradic

#5E2178 #783221 #3B7821 #216778

square

#5E2178 #783221 #3B7821 #216778

split-complementary

#5E2178 #677821 #217832

monochromatic

#130718 #381448 #5E2178 #842EA8 #A547CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.69

#5E2178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#5E2178 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2178

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2178	1.00	10.69	1.96	10.69
#FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3F76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 33, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.146 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f629f',
    500: '#5e2178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2178;
$custom-light: #8f629f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.069,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38251,
    "c": 0.14641,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2178

secondary

#67AB4A

accent

#E04875

background

#F9F6F9

surface

#F1EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2178

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

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