#5E156D#5E156D

#5E156D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.150 H 320.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E156D
RGB	rgb(94, 21, 109)
HSL	hsl(290, 68%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(290, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 80.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.74, 44.54, -34.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.74, 56.28, 322.31°)
OKLab	oklab(36.23% 0.1152 -0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(36.23% 0.15 320)
XYZ	xyz(7.6442, 4.0205, 14.8384)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 4.85

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E156D #246D15

analogous

#32156D #5E156D #6D1550

triadic

#5E156D #6D5E15 #156D5E

tetradic

#5E156D #6D3215 #246D15 #15506D

square

#5E156D #6D3215 #246D15 #15506D

split-complementary

#5E156D #506D15 #156D32

monochromatic

#16051A #320B3A #5E156D #8A1FA0 #B729D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.64

#5E156D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#5E156D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E156D

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E156D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E156D	1.00	11.64	1.80	11.64
#FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3B6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2841

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e156d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 21, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.150 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5c97',
    500: '#5e156d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e156d;
$custom-light: #8f5c97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e156d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.773,
    "s": 67.692,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36233,
    "c": 0.1503,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.0402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E156D

secondary

#4CA33A

accent

#EB3D5B

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040D

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E156D

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

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