#5E2972#5E2972

#5E2972 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.128 H 315.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E2972
RGB	rgb(94, 41, 114)
HSL	hsl(284, 47%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(284, 64%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 64%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.24, 36.72, -32.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.24, 48.72, 318.93°)
OKLab	oklab(38.85% 0.0917 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(38.85% 0.128 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4458, 5.1808, 16.4714)
Luminance	0.0518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E2972 #3D7229

analogous

#3A2972 #5E2972 #722961

triadic

#5E2972 #725E29 #29725E

tetradic

#5E2972 #723A29 #3D7229 #296172

square

#5E2972 #723A29 #3D7229 #296172

split-complementary

#5E2972 #617229 #29723A

monochromatic

#140918 #391945 #5E2972 #83399F #A354C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.31

#5E2972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#5E2972 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E2972

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E2972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E2972	1.00	10.31	2.04	10.31
#FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#123D74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#294270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D3649

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e2972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 41, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.128 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e669b',
    500: '#5e2972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e2972;
$custom-light: #8e669b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e2972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.562,
    "s": 47.097,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38854,
    "c": 0.12826,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E2972

secondary

#69A453

accent

#D75176

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C060E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E2972

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

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