#5E256B#5E256B

#5E256B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.127 H 319.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E256B
RGB	rgb(94, 37, 107)
HSL	hsl(289, 49%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(289, 65%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 65.4%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.05, 37.23, -29.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.05, 47.44, 321.69°)
OKLab	oklab(37.85% 0.097 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(37.85% 0.127 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.9312, 4.7647, 14.4090)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.68

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E256B #326B25

analogous

#3B256B #5E256B #6B2555

triadic

#5E256B #6B5E25 #256B5E

tetradic

#5E256B #6B3B25 #326B25 #25556B

square

#5E256B #6B3B25 #326B25 #25556B

split-complementary

#5E256B #556B25 #256B3B

monochromatic

#140817 #36153E #5E256B #863598 #AA4AC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.75

#5E256B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#5E256B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E256B

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E256B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E256B	1.00	10.75	1.95	10.75
#FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#133A6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A4069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E3144

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e256b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 37, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.127 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6496',
    500: '#5e256b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e256b;
$custom-light: #8e6496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e256b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.857,
    "s": 48.611,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37849,
    "c": 0.12705,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E256B

secondary

#5D9E4E

accent

#D85069

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C060D

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E256B

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

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