#5E158D#5E158D

#5E158D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.180 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E158D
RGB	rgb(94, 21, 141)
HSL	hsl(277, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(277, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 85.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.27, 51.38, -50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.27, 72.10, 315.45°)
OKLab	oklab(38.8% 0.108 -0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(38.8% 0.18 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.6909, 4.8392, 25.6177)
Luminance	0.0484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E158D #448D15

analogous

#22158D #5E158D #8D1580

triadic

#5E158D #8D5E15 #158D5E

tetradic

#5E158D #8D2215 #448D15 #15808D

square

#5E158D #8D2215 #448D15 #15808D

split-complementary

#5E158D #808D15 #158D22

monochromatic

#170522 #3A0D58 #5E158D #821DC2 #A03BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.67

#5E158D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#5E158D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E158D

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E158D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E158D	1.00	10.67	1.97	10.67
#FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#563653

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e158d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 21, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.180 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915eaf',
    500: '#5e158d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e158d;
$custom-light: #915eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e158d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38801,
    "c": 0.18004,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E158D

secondary

#71C13D

accent

#F13780

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E158D

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

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