#5E2272#5E2272

#5E2272 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.139 H 316.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2272
RGB	rgb(94, 34, 114)
HSL	hsl(285, 54%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(285, 70%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 70.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.98, 40.22, -34.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.98, 52.68, 319.76°)
OKLab	oklab(37.94% 0.1007 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(37.94% 0.139 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.2249, 4.7390, 16.3978)
Luminance	0.0474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 5.06

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2272 #367222

analogous

#362272 #5E2272 #72225E

triadic

#5E2272 #725E22 #22725E

tetradic

#5E2272 #723622 #367222 #225E72

square

#5E2272 #723622 #367222 #225E72

split-complementary

#5E2272 #5E7222 #227236

monochromatic

#130718 #371443 #5E2272 #8530A1 #A846C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.78

#5E2272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#5E2272 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2272

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2272	1.00	10.78	1.95	10.78
#FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#233F70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D3147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 34, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.139 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e629b',
    500: '#5e2272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2272;
$custom-light: #8e629b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 54.054,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3794,
    "c": 0.13883,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2272

secondary

#61A54B

accent

#DD4A6F

background

#F9F6F9

surface

#F1EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0D050E

muted

#7E7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2272

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

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