#5E158C#5E158C

#5E158C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.179 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E158C
RGB	rgb(94, 21, 140)
HSL	hsl(277, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(277, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 85%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.19, 51.16, -50.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.19, 71.61, 315.59°)
OKLab	oklab(38.71% 0.1083 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(38.71% 0.179 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.6169, 4.8096, 25.2276)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E158C #438C15

analogous

#23158C #5E158C #8C157F

triadic

#5E158C #8C5E15 #158C5E

tetradic

#5E158C #8C2315 #438C15 #157F8C

square

#5E158C #8C2315 #438C15 #157F8C

split-complementary

#5E158C #7F8C15 #158C23

monochromatic

#170522 #3A0D57 #5E158C #821DC1 #A13AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#5E158C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#5E158C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E158C

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E158C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E158C	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e158c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 21, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.179 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915eae',
    500: '#5e158c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e158c;
$custom-light: #915eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e158c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.807,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38715,
    "c": 0.1791,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E158C

secondary

#70C03D

accent

#F1377F

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E158C

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

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