#5E157B#5E157B

#5E157B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.163 H 313.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E157B
RGB	rgb(94, 21, 123)
HSL	hsl(283, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(283, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 82.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.79, 47.44, -41.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.79, 63.16, 318.69°)
OKLab	oklab(37.3% 0.1128 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(37.3% 0.163 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.4588, 4.3464, 19.1284)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E157B #327B15

analogous

#2B157B #5E157B #7B1565

triadic

#5E157B #7B5E15 #157B5E

tetradic

#5E157B #7B2B15 #327B15 #15657B

square

#5E157B #7B2B15 #327B15 #15657B

split-complementary

#5E157B #657B15 #157B2B

monochromatic

#14041A #360C47 #5E157B #861EAF #AA2FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#5E157B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#5E157B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E157B

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E157B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E157B	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#083C79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B2E49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e157b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 21, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.163 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905da2',
    500: '#5e157b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e157b;
$custom-light: #905da2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e157b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.941,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37301,
    "c": 0.16318,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E157B

secondary

#5DB03B

accent

#EE3A6D

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E157B

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

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