#5E2472#5E2472

#5E2472 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.136 H 316.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2472
RGB	rgb(94, 36, 114)
HSL	hsl(285, 52%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(285, 68%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 68.4%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.32, 39.26, -33.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.32, 51.60, 319.54°)
OKLab	oklab(38.19% 0.0982 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(38.19% 0.136 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.2838, 4.8567, 16.4174)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 5.14

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2472 #387224

analogous

#372472 #5E2472 #72245F

triadic

#5E2472 #725E24 #24725E

tetradic

#5E2472 #723724 #387224 #245F72

square

#5E2472 #723724 #387224 #245F72

split-complementary

#5E2472 #5F7224 #247237

monochromatic

#130717 #381543 #5E2472 #8433A1 #A64AC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#5E2472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#5E2472 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2472

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2472	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#043B74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#244070

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D3247

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 36, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.136 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e639b',
    500: '#5e2472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2472;
$custom-light: #8e639b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.615,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38188,
    "c": 0.13593,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2472

secondary

#63A54D

accent

#DB4C71

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0D050E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2472

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

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