#5E2179#5E2179

#5E2179 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.147 H 313.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2179
RGB	rgb(94, 33, 121)
HSL	hsl(282, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(282, 73%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 72.7%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.30, 42.24, -37.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.30, 56.81, 318.04°)
OKLab	oklab(38.32% 0.1013 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(38.32% 0.147 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.6105, 4.8481, 18.5677)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 5.73

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2179 #3C7921

analogous

#322179 #5E2179 #792168

triadic

#5E2179 #795E21 #21795E

tetradic

#5E2179 #793221 #3C7921 #216879

square

#5E2179 #793221 #3C7921 #216879

split-complementary

#5E2179 #687921 #217932

monochromatic

#130719 #391449 #5E2179 #832EA9 #A447CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#5E2179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#5E2179 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2179

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2179	1.00	10.66	1.97	10.66
#FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A4077

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 33, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.147 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f62a0',
    500: '#5e2179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2179;
$custom-light: #8f62a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.591,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38324,
    "c": 0.14745,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2179

secondary

#68AC4A

accent

#E04776

background

#F9F6F9

surface

#F1EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2179

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

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