#5E157F#5E157F

#5E157F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.167 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E157F
RGB	rgb(94, 21, 127)
HSL	hsl(281, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(281, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 83.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.10, 48.29, -43.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.10, 65.14, 317.85°)
OKLab	oklab(37.62% 0.1119 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(37.62% 0.167 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.7143, 4.4486, 20.4742)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E157F #367F15

analogous

#29157F #5E157F #7F156B

triadic

#5E157F #7F5E15 #157F5E

tetradic

#5E157F #7F2915 #367F15 #156B7F

square

#5E157F #7F2915 #367F15 #156B7F

split-complementary

#5E157F #6B7F15 #157F29

monochromatic

#13041A #370C4A #5E157F #851EB4 #A831DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.11

#5E157F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#5E157F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E157F

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E157F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E157F	1.00	11.11	1.89	11.11
#FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A304B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e157f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 21, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.167 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905da5',
    500: '#5e157f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e157f;
$custom-light: #905da5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e157f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.321,
    "s": 71.622,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37623,
    "c": 0.1669,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E157F

secondary

#61B43C

accent

#EE3972

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E157F

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

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