#5E256E#5E256E

#5E256E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.130 H 318.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E256E
RGB	rgb(94, 37, 110)
HSL	hsl(287, 50%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(287, 66%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 66.4%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.24, 37.88, -31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.24, 48.98, 320.66°)
OKLab	oklab(38.05% 0.097 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(38.05% 0.13 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.0917, 4.8289, 15.2547)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E256E #356E25

analogous

#3A256E #5E256E #6E255A

triadic

#5E256E #6E5E25 #256E5E

tetradic

#5E256E #6E3A25 #356E25 #255A6E

square

#5E256E #6E3A25 #356E25 #255A6E

split-complementary

#5E256E #5A6E25 #256E3A

monochromatic

#140817 #371640 #5E256E #85349C #A84BC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#5E256E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#5E256E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E256E

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E256E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E256E	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E3A70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28406C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E3246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e256e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 37, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.130 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6498',
    500: '#5e256e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e256e;
$custom-light: #8e6498;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e256e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.849,
    "s": 49.66,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38046,
    "c": 0.1302,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E256E

secondary

#60A14E

accent

#D94F6D

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0D060D

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E256E

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

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