#5E266B#5E266B

#5E266B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.125 H 319.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E266B
RGB	rgb(94, 38, 107)
HSL	hsl(289, 48%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(289, 64%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 64.5%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.24, 36.72, -29.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.24, 46.86, 321.59°)
OKLab	oklab(37.98% 0.0956 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(37.98% 0.125 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9627, 4.8278, 14.4195)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.87

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E266B #336B26

analogous

#3B266B #5E266B #6B2655

triadic

#5E266B #6B5E26 #266B5E

tetradic

#5E266B #6B3B26 #336B26 #26556B

square

#5E266B #6B3B26 #336B26 #26556B

split-complementary

#5E266B #556B26 #266B3B

monochromatic

#140817 #36163E #5E266B #863698 #AA4CBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#5E266B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#5E266B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E266B

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E266B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E266B	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)

#153A6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B4069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E3144

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e266b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 38, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.125 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6496',
    500: '#5e266b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e266b;
$custom-light: #8e6496;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e266b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.696,
    "s": 47.586,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37983,
    "c": 0.12547,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E266B

secondary

#5E9E4F

accent

#D7516A

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C060D

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E266B

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

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