#5E257A#5E257A

#5E257A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.143 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E257A
RGB	rgb(94, 37, 122)
HSL	hsl(280, 53%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(280, 70%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 69.7%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.04, 40.59, -37.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.04, 55.21, 317.33°)
OKLab	oklab(38.88% 0.0965 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(38.88% 0.143 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7899, 5.1082, 18.9315)
Luminance	0.0511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E257A #417A25

analogous

#33257A #5E257A #7A256B

triadic

#5E257A #7A5E25 #257A5E

tetradic

#5E257A #7A3325 #417A25 #256B7A

square

#5E257A #7A3325 #417A25 #256B7A

split-complementary

#5E257A #6B7A25 #257A33

monochromatic

#16091C #3A174B #5E257A #8233A9 #A250CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.39

#5E257A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#5E257A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E257A

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E257A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E257A	1.00	10.39	2.02	10.39
#FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E4178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e257a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 37, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.143 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f64a1',
    500: '#5e257a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e257a;
$custom-light: #8f64a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e257a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.235,
    "s": 53.459,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38878,
    "c": 0.143,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E257A

secondary

#6DAC4E

accent

#DD4B7B

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0D060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E257A

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

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