#5C156E#5C156E

#5C156E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.150 H 318.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C156E
RGB	rgb(92, 21, 110)
HSL	hsl(288, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(288, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 80.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.46, 44.31, -35.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.46, 56.79, 321.29°)
OKLab	oklab(35.99% 0.1124 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(35.99% 0.15 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.4959, 3.9378, 15.1141)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C156E #276E15

analogous

#2F156E #5C156E #6E1553

triadic

#5C156E #6E5C15 #156E5C

tetradic

#5C156E #6E2F15 #276E15 #15536E

square

#5C156E #6E2F15 #276E15 #15536E

split-complementary

#5C156E #536E15 #156E2F

monochromatic

#15051A #310B3B #5C156E #871FA1 #B229D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#5C156E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#5C156E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C156E

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C156E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C156E	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3A6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C2841

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c156e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 21, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.150 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5c98',
    500: '#5c156e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c156e;
$custom-light: #8e5c98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c156e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.865,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35994,
    "c": 0.15038,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C156E

secondary

#50A43A

accent

#EB3D60

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040E

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C156E

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

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