#5E157A#5E157A

#5E157A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.162 H 314.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E157A
RGB	rgb(94, 21, 122)
HSL	hsl(283, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(283, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 82.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.71, 47.22, -41.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.71, 62.66, 318.91°)
OKLab	oklab(37.22% 0.113 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(37.22% 0.162 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3965, 4.3214, 18.8004)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E157A #317A15

analogous

#2B157A #5E157A #7A1563

triadic

#5E157A #7A5E15 #157A5E

tetradic

#5E157A #7A2B15 #317A15 #15637A

square

#5E157A #7A2B15 #317A15 #15637A

split-complementary

#5E157A #637A15 #157A2B

monochromatic

#14041A #360C46 #5E157A #861EAE #AB2EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.26

#5E157A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#5E157A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E157A

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E157A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E157A	1.00	11.26	1.86	11.26
#FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B3C78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B2E48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e157a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 21, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.162 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905da1',
    500: '#5e157a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e157a;
$custom-light: #905da1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e157a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.366,
    "s": 70.629,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37222,
    "c": 0.16224,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E157A

secondary

#5CAF3B

accent

#ED3A6C

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E157A

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

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