#5E255B#5E255B

#5E255B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.111 H 329.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E255B
RGB	rgb(94, 37, 91)
HSL	hsl(303, 44%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(303, 61%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.6%, 3.2%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.13, 33.93, -20.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.13, 39.61, 328.93°)
OKLab	oklab(36.88% 0.0957 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(36.88% 0.111 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.1659, 4.4586, 10.3787)
Luminance	0.0446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E255B #255E28

analogous

#44255E #5E255B #5E253E

triadic

#5E255B #5B5E25 #255B5E

tetradic

#5E255B #5E4425 #255E28 #253E5E

square

#5E255B #5E4425 #255E28 #253E5E

split-complementary

#5E255B #3E5E25 #255E44

monochromatic

#160915 #321430 #5E255B #8A3686 #B648B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.10

#5E255B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#5E255B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E255B

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E255B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E255B	1.00	11.10	1.89	11.10
#FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21375D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#333E59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#612B3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e255b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 37, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.111 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6389',
    500: '#5e255b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e255b;
$custom-light: #8e6389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e255b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.158,
    "s": 43.511,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3688,
    "c": 0.11089,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E255B

secondary

#4D9151

accent

#D35B55

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#F0EBF0

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0C050B

muted

#7D7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E255B

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

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