#5E156C#5E156C

#5E156C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.149 H 320.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E156C
RGB	rgb(94, 21, 108)
HSL	hsl(290, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(290, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 80.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.67, 44.34, -33.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.67, 55.79, 322.62°)
OKLab	oklab(36.16% 0.1153 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(36.16% 0.149 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.5907, 3.9991, 14.5565)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 4.80

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E156C #236C15

analogous

#32156C #5E156C #6C154E

triadic

#5E156C #6C5E15 #156C5E

tetradic

#5E156C #6C3215 #236C15 #154E6C

square

#5E156C #6C3215 #236C15 #154E6C

split-complementary

#5E156C #4E6C15 #156C32

monochromatic

#16051A #310B39 #5E156C #8B1F9F #B729D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#5E156C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#5E156C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E156C

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E156C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E156C	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3B6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2740

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e156c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 21, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.149 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5c97',
    500: '#5e156c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e156c;
$custom-light: #8f5c97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e156c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.345,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36161,
    "c": 0.1494,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E156C

secondary

#4BA33A

accent

#EA3D59

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040D

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E156C

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