#5E158E#5E158E

#5E158E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.181 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E158E
RGB	rgb(94, 21, 142)
HSL	hsl(276, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(276, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 85.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.36, 51.60, -51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.36, 72.60, 315.30°)
OKLab	oklab(38.89% 0.1077 -0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(38.89% 0.181 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.7657, 4.8691, 26.0113)
Luminance	0.0487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E158E #458E15

analogous

#21158E #5E158E #8E1582

triadic

#5E158E #8E5E15 #158E5E

tetradic

#5E158E #8E2115 #458E15 #15828E

square

#5E158E #8E2115 #458E15 #15828E

split-complementary

#5E158E #828E15 #158E21

monochromatic

#170523 #3B0D59 #5E158E #811DC3 #A03BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.64

#5E158E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#5E158E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E158E

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E158E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E158E	1.00	10.64	1.97	10.64
#FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e158e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 21, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.181 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915eb0',
    500: '#5e158e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e158e;
$custom-light: #915eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e158e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.198,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38888,
    "c": 0.18098,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E158E

secondary

#72C23D

accent

#F13781

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E158E

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

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