#5E156B#5E156B

#5E156B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.148 H 321.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E156B
RGB	rgb(94, 21, 107)
HSL	hsl(291, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(291, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 80.4%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.60, 44.14, -33.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.60, 55.31, 322.94°)
OKLab	oklab(36.09% 0.1154 -0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(36.09% 0.148 321)
XYZ	xyz(7.5378, 3.9780, 14.2779)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 4.75

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E156B #226B15

analogous

#33156B #5E156B #6B154D

triadic

#5E156B #6B5E15 #156B5E

tetradic

#5E156B #6B3315 #226B15 #154D6B

square

#5E156B #6B3315 #226B15 #154D6B

split-complementary

#5E156B #4D6B15 #156B33

monochromatic

#16051A #310B38 #5E156B #8B1F9E #B829D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.70

#5E156B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#5E156B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E156B

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E156B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E156B	1.00	11.70	1.80	11.70
#FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3B69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F273F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e156b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 21, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.148 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5c96',
    500: '#5e156b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e156b;
$custom-light: #8f5c96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e156b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.93,
    "s": 67.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36089,
    "c": 0.14849,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.03978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E156B

secondary

#4AA23A

accent

#EA3E58

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040D

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E156B

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

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