#5A156D#5A156D

#5A156D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.149 H 317.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A156D
RGB	rgb(90, 21, 109)
HSL	hsl(287, 68%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(287, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 80.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.05, 43.68, -35.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.05, 56.32, 320.86°)
OKLab	oklab(35.61% 0.1099 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(35.61% 0.149 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.2445, 3.8144, 14.8197)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A156D #286D15

analogous

#2E156D #5A156D #6D1554

triadic

#5A156D #6D5A15 #156D5A

tetradic

#5A156D #6D2E15 #286D15 #15546D

square

#5A156D #6D2E15 #286D15 #15546D

split-complementary

#5A156D #546D15 #156D2E

monochromatic

#15051A #300B3A #5A156D #841FA0 #AF29D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.91

#5A156D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#5A156D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A156D

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A156D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A156D	1.00	11.91	1.76	11.91
#FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18396B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592841

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a156d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 21, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.149 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5b97',
    500: '#5a156d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a156d;
$custom-light: #8c5b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a156d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.045,
    "s": 67.692,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35608,
    "c": 0.14864,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A156D

secondary

#51A33A

accent

#EB3D63

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A156D

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

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