#5A156C#5A156C

#5A156C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.148 H 318.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A156C
RGB	rgb(90, 21, 108)
HSL	hsl(288, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(288, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 80.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.98, 43.48, -35.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.98, 55.83, 321.15°)
OKLab	oklab(35.53% 0.1101 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(35.53% 0.148 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.1910, 3.7930, 14.5378)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A156C #276C15

analogous

#2E156C #5A156C #6C1552

triadic

#5A156C #6C5A15 #156C5A

tetradic

#5A156C #6C2E15 #276C15 #15526C

square

#5A156C #6C2E15 #276C15 #15526C

split-complementary

#5A156C #526C15 #156C2E

monochromatic

#15051A #2F0B39 #5A156C #851F9F #AF29D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.94

#5A156C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#5A156C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A156C

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A156C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A156C	1.00	11.94	1.76	11.94
#FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19396A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592840

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a156c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 21, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.148 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5b97',
    500: '#5a156c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a156c;
$custom-light: #8c5b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a156c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.586,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35533,
    "c": 0.14771,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A156C

secondary

#50A33A

accent

#EA3D61

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A156C

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

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