#5E256C#5E256C

#5E256C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.128 H 319.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E256C
RGB	rgb(94, 37, 108)
HSL	hsl(288, 49%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(288, 66%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 65.7%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.12, 37.44, -29.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.12, 47.95, 321.34°)
OKLab	oklab(37.91% 0.097 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(37.91% 0.128 319.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9841, 4.7859, 14.6877)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E256C #336C25

analogous

#3A256C #5E256C #6C2556

triadic

#5E256C #6C5E25 #256C5E

tetradic

#5E256C #6C3A25 #336C25 #25566C

square

#5E256C #6C3A25 #336C25 #25566C

split-complementary

#5E256C #566C25 #256C3A

monochromatic

#140817 #36153E #5E256C #86359A #AA4AC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#5E256C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#5E256C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E256C

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E256C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E256C	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#113A6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A406A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E3145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e256c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 37, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.128 319.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6496',
    500: '#5e256c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e256c;
$custom-light: #8e6496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e256c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.169,
    "s": 48.966,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37914,
    "c": 0.1281,
    "h": 319.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E256C

secondary

#5E9F4E

accent

#D94F6A

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C060D

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E256C

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

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