#5E217B#5E217B

#5E217B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.150 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E217B
RGB	rgb(94, 33, 123)
HSL	hsl(281, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(281, 73%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 73.2%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.44, 42.70, -39.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.44, 57.84, 317.58°)
OKLab	oklab(38.47% 0.1011 -0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(38.47% 0.15 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7345, 4.8977, 19.2203)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E217B #3E7B21

analogous

#31217B #5E217B #7B216B

triadic

#5E217B #7B5E21 #217B5E

tetradic

#5E217B #7B3121 #3E7B21 #216B7B

square

#5E217B #7B3121 #3E7B21 #216B7B

split-complementary

#5E217B #6B7B21 #217B31

monochromatic

#14071A #39144B #5E217B #832EAB #A348CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.61

#5E217B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#5E217B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E217B

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E217B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E217B	1.00	10.61	1.98	10.61
#FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#184079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e217b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 33, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.150 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f62a2',
    500: '#5e217b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e217b;
$custom-light: #8f62a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e217b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.667,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38472,
    "c": 0.14951,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E217B

secondary

#6AAE4A

accent

#E14779

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E217B

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

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