#5C156B#5C156B

#5C156B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.148 H 319.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C156B
RGB	rgb(92, 21, 107)
HSL	hsl(290, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(290, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 80.4%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.25, 43.70, -33.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.25, 55.32, 322.19°)
OKLab	oklab(35.77% 0.1128 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(35.77% 0.148 319.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.3353, 3.8736, 14.2684)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C156B #246B15

analogous

#31156B #5C156B #6B154F

triadic

#5C156B #6B5C15 #156B5C

tetradic

#5C156B #6B3115 #246B15 #154F6B

square

#5C156B #6B3115 #246B15 #154F6B

split-complementary

#5C156B #4F6B15 #156B31

monochromatic

#16051A #300B38 #5C156B #881F9E #B429D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.83

#5C156B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#5C156B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C156B

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C156B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C156B	1.00	11.83	1.77	11.83
#FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3A69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C273F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c156b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 21, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.148 319.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5c96',
    500: '#5c156b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c156b;
$custom-light: #8d5c96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c156b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.535,
    "s": 67.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35772,
    "c": 0.14762,
    "h": 319.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C156B

secondary

#4CA23A

accent

#EA3E5C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C156B

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

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