#5E156F#5E156F

#5E156F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.152 H 319.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E156F
RGB	rgb(94, 21, 111)
HSL	hsl(289, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(289, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 81.1%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.88, 44.94, -35.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.88, 57.25, 321.72°)
OKLab	oklab(36.38% 0.1149 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(36.38% 0.152 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7531, 4.0641, 15.4119)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 4.98

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E156F #266F15

analogous

#31156F #5E156F #6F1553

triadic

#5E156F #6F5E15 #156F5E

tetradic

#5E156F #6F3115 #266F15 #15536F

square

#5E156F #6F3115 #266F15 #15536F

split-complementary

#5E156F #536F15 #156F31

monochromatic

#16051A #320B3C #5E156F #8A1FA2 #B528D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.58

#5E156F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#5E156F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E156F

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E156F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E156F	1.00	11.58	1.81	11.58
#FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3B6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2842

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e156f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 21, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.152 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5c99',
    500: '#5e156f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e156f;
$custom-light: #8f5c99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e156f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.667,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3638,
    "c": 0.15212,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E156F

secondary

#4FA53A

accent

#EB3D5E

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040E

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E156F

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