#5E15A0#5E15A0

#5E15A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.198 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E15A0
RGB	rgb(94, 21, 160)
HSL	hsl(272, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(272, 87%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 86.9%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.99, 55.72, -59.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.99, 81.48, 313.14°)
OKLab	oklab(40.52% 0.1015 -0.1701)
OKLCH	oklch(40.52% 0.198 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.2278, 5.4540, 33.7121)
Luminance	0.0545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E15A0 #57A015

analogous

#1815A0 #5E15A0 #A0159C

triadic

#5E15A0 #A05E15 #15A05E

tetradic

#5E15A0 #A01815 #57A015 #159CA0

square

#5E15A0 #A01815 #57A015 #159CA0

split-complementary

#5E15A0 #9CA015 #15A018

monochromatic

#1E0734 #3E0E6A #5E15A0 #7E1CD6 #9C48E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.04

#5E15A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#5E15A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E15A0

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E15A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E15A0	1.00	10.04	2.09	10.04
#FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3F5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e15a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 21, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.198 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#935fbd',
    500: '#5e15a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e15a0;
$custom-light: #935fbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e15a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.511,
    "s": 76.796,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40515,
    "c": 0.19807,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E15A0

secondary

#85C849

accent

#F3348F

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E15A0

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