#5E2279#5E2279

#5E2279 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.146 H 313.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2279
RGB	rgb(94, 34, 121)
HSL	hsl(281, 56%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(281, 72%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 71.9%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.46, 41.78, -37.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.46, 56.29, 317.93°)
OKLab	oklab(38.44% 0.1002 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(38.44% 0.146 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.6387, 4.9045, 18.5770)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 5.74

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2279 #3D7922

analogous

#322279 #5E2279 #792268

triadic

#5E2279 #795E22 #22795E

tetradic

#5E2279 #793222 #3D7922 #226879

square

#5E2279 #793222 #3D7922 #226879

split-complementary

#5E2279 #687922 #227932

monochromatic

#140719 #391549 #5E2279 #832FA9 #A349CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.60

#5E2279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#5E2279 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2279

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2279	1.00	10.60	1.98	10.60
#FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C4077

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 34, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.146 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f63a0',
    500: '#5e2279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2279;
$custom-light: #8f63a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.379,
    "s": 56.129,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38441,
    "c": 0.1461,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2279

secondary

#69AC4B

accent

#DF4877

background

#F9F6F9

surface

#F1EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2279

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

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