#5A156E#5A156E

#5A156E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.150 H 317.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A156E
RGB	rgb(90, 21, 110)
HSL	hsl(287, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(287, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 80.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.12, 43.89, -36.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.12, 56.82, 320.58°)
OKLab	oklab(35.68% 0.1098 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(35.68% 0.15 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.2987, 3.8361, 15.1048)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A156E #296E15

analogous

#2D156E #5A156E #6E1555

triadic

#5A156E #6E5A15 #156E5A

tetradic

#5A156E #6E2D15 #296E15 #15556E

square

#5A156E #6E2D15 #296E15 #15556E

split-complementary

#5A156E #556E15 #156E2D

monochromatic

#15051A #300B3B #5A156E #841FA1 #AE29D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#5A156E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#5A156E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A156E

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A156E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A156E	1.00	11.88	1.77	11.88
#FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17396C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592941

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a156e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 21, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.150 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5b98',
    500: '#5a156e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a156e;
$custom-light: #8c5b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a156e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.517,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35684,
    "c": 0.14958,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A156E

secondary

#52A43A

accent

#EB3D64

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A156E

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

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