#5E2271#5E2271

#5E2271 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.138 H 317.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2271
RGB	rgb(94, 34, 113)
HSL	hsl(286, 54%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(286, 70%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 69.9%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.91, 40.00, -33.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.91, 52.17, 320.05°)
OKLab	oklab(37.87% 0.1008 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(37.87% 0.138 317)
XYZ	xyz(8.1683, 4.7163, 16.0997)
Luminance	0.0472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 4.98

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2271 #357122

analogous

#372271 #5E2271 #71225D

triadic

#5E2271 #715E22 #22715E

tetradic

#5E2271 #713722 #357122 #225D71

square

#5E2271 #713722 #357122 #225D71

split-complementary

#5E2271 #5D7122 #227137

monochromatic

#140718 #371442 #5E2271 #8530A0 #A846C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.81

#5E2271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#5E2271 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2271

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2271	1.00	10.81	1.94	10.81
#FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#243F6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D3146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 34, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.138 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e629a',
    500: '#5e2271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2271;
$custom-light: #8e629a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.57,
    "s": 53.741,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3787,
    "c": 0.1378,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.04716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2271

secondary

#60A44A

accent

#DD4B6E

background

#F9F6F9

surface

#F1EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0D050E

muted

#7E7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2271

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

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