#5E156A#5E156A

#5E156A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.148 H 321.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E156A
RGB	rgb(94, 21, 106)
HSL	hsl(292, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(292, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 80.2%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.53, 43.94, -32.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.53, 54.83, 323.26°)
OKLab	oklab(36.02% 0.1155 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(36.02% 0.148 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4855, 3.9570, 14.0024)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E156A #216A15

analogous

#33156A #5E156A #6A154C

triadic

#5E156A #6A5E15 #156A5E

tetradic

#5E156A #6A3315 #216A15 #154C6A

square

#5E156A #6A3315 #216A15 #154C6A

split-complementary

#5E156A #4C6A15 #156A33

monochromatic

#17051A #310B37 #5E156A #8B1F9D #B929D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.72

#5E156A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#5E156A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E156A

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E156A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E156A	1.00	11.72	1.79	11.72
#FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203B68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F263F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e156a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 21, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.148 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5c95',
    500: '#5e156a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e156a;
$custom-light: #8f5c95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e156a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.529,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36017,
    "c": 0.14759,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E156A

secondary

#49A13A

accent

#EA3E56

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040D

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E156A

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

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