#5E156E#5E156E

#5E156E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.151 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E156E
RGB	rgb(94, 21, 110)
HSL	hsl(289, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(289, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 80.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.81, 44.74, -34.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.81, 56.76, 322.01°)
OKLab	oklab(36.31% 0.1151 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(36.31% 0.151 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6984, 4.0422, 15.1235)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 4.91

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E156E #256E15

analogous

#31156E #5E156E #6E1551

triadic

#5E156E #6E5E15 #156E5E

tetradic

#5E156E #6E3115 #256E15 #15516E

square

#5E156E #6E3115 #256E15 #15516E

split-complementary

#5E156E #516E15 #156E31

monochromatic

#16051A #320B3B #5E156E #8A1FA1 #B629D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.61

#5E156E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#5E156E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E156E

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E156E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E156E	1.00	11.61	1.81	11.61
#FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3B6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2841

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e156e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 21, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.151 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5c98',
    500: '#5e156e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e156e;
$custom-light: #8f5c98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e156e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.213,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36307,
    "c": 0.15121,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E156E

secondary

#4DA43A

accent

#EB3D5C

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040E

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E156E

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