#5E159E#5E159E

#5E159E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.196 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E159E
RGB	rgb(94, 21, 158)
HSL	hsl(272, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(272, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 86.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.80, 55.25, -58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.80, 80.50, 313.34°)
OKLab	oklab(40.33% 0.1022 -0.1674)
OKLCH	oklch(40.33% 0.196 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.0543, 5.3846, 32.7981)
Luminance	0.0539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E159E #559E15

analogous

#1A159E #5E159E #9E1599

triadic

#5E159E #9E5E15 #159E5E

tetradic

#5E159E #9E1A15 #559E15 #15999E

square

#5E159E #9E1A15 #559E15 #15999E

split-complementary

#5E159E #999E15 #159E1A

monochromatic

#1E0732 #3E0E68 #5E159E #7E1CD4 #9C47E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.11

#5E159E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#5E159E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E159E

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E159E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E159E	1.00	10.11	2.08	10.11
#FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3E5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e159e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 21, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.196 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#935fbc',
    500: '#5e159e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e159e;
$custom-light: #935fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e159e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.971,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40329,
    "c": 0.19616,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E159E

secondary

#83C747

accent

#F3358E

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E159E

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

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