#5E256D#5E256D

#5E256D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.129 H 318.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E256D
RGB	rgb(94, 37, 109)
HSL	hsl(288, 49%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(288, 66%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 66.1%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.18, 37.66, -30.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.18, 48.46, 321.00°)
OKLab	oklab(37.98% 0.097 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(37.98% 0.129 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.0376, 4.8073, 14.9696)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E256D #346D25

analogous

#3A256D #5E256D #6D2558

triadic

#5E256D #6D5E25 #256D5E

tetradic

#5E256D #6D3A25 #346D25 #25586D

square

#5E256D #6D3A25 #346D25 #25586D

split-complementary

#5E256D #586D25 #256D3A

monochromatic

#140817 #37153F #5E256D #85359B #A94BC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#5E256D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#5E256D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E256D

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E256D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E256D	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#103A6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29406B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E3145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e256d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 37, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.129 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6497',
    500: '#5e256d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e256d;
$custom-light: #8e6497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e256d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.5,
    "s": 49.315,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3798,
    "c": 0.12915,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E256D

secondary

#5FA04E

accent

#D94F6C

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0D060D

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E256D

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

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