#5E157D#5E157D

#5E157D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.165 H 312.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E157D
RGB	rgb(94, 21, 125)
HSL	hsl(282, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(282, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 83.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.94, 47.86, -42.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.94, 64.15, 318.26°)
OKLab	oklab(37.46% 0.1123 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(37.46% 0.165 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.5853, 4.3970, 19.7945)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E157D #347D15

analogous

#2A157D #5E157D #7D1568

triadic

#5E157D #7D5E15 #157D5E

tetradic

#5E157D #7D2A15 #347D15 #15687D

square

#5E157D #7D2A15 #347D15 #15687D

split-complementary

#5E157D #687D15 #157D2A

monochromatic

#14041A #370C49 #5E157D #851EB1 #A930DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#5E157D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#5E157D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E157D

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E157D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E157D	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#033D7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A2F4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e157d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 21, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.165 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905da3',
    500: '#5e157d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e157d;
$custom-light: #905da3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e157d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.115,
    "s": 71.233,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37461,
    "c": 0.16503,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E157D

secondary

#5FB23C

accent

#EE3A70

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E157D

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

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