#5E155E#5E155E

#5E155E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.137 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E155E
RGB	rgb(94, 21, 94)
HSL	hsl(300, 63%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(300, 78%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.74, 41.65, -26.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.74, 49.20, 327.83°)
OKLab	oklab(35.2% 0.1162 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(35.2% 0.137 328)
XYZ	xyz(6.9046, 3.7247, 10.9428)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E155E #155E15

analogous

#39155E #5E155E #5E1539

triadic

#5E155E #5E5E15 #155E5E

tetradic

#5E155E #5E3915 #155E15 #15395E

square

#5E155E #5E3915 #155E15 #15395E

split-complementary

#5E155E #395E15 #155E39

monochromatic

#190619 #2C0A2C #5E155E #902090 #C22BC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.04

#5E155E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#5E155E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E155E

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E155E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E155E	1.00	12.04	1.74	12.04
#FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#073060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#293A5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#612038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e155e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 21, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.137 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5b8c',
    500: '#5e155e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e155e;
$custom-light: #8f5b8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e155e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35202,
    "c": 0.137,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.03724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E155E

secondary

#399539

accent

#E74141

background

#F9F5F8

surface

#F1E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0D040C

muted

#7E797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E155E

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

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