#5E158A#5E158A

#5E158A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.177 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E158A
RGB	rgb(94, 21, 138)
HSL	hsl(277, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(277, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 84.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.01, 50.71, -49.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.01, 70.61, 315.90°)
OKLab	oklab(38.54% 0.1089 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(38.54% 0.177 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.4707, 4.7511, 24.4580)
Luminance	0.0475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.25

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E158A #418A15

analogous

#23158A #5E158A #8A157B

triadic

#5E158A #8A5E15 #158A5E

tetradic

#5E158A #8A2315 #418A15 #157B8A

square

#5E158A #8A2315 #418A15 #157B8A

split-complementary

#5E158A #7B8A15 #158A23

monochromatic

#160520 #3A0D55 #5E158A #821DBF #A239E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.77

#5E158A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#5E158A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E158A

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E158A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E158A	1.00	10.77	1.95	10.77
#FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#573551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e158a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 21, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.177 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915ead',
    500: '#5e158a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e158a;
$custom-light: #915ead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e158a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.436,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38542,
    "c": 0.17721,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E158A

secondary

#6DBE3D

accent

#F0387D

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E158A

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

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