#5B1156#5B1156

#5B1156 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.133 H 331.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1156
RGB	rgb(91, 17, 86)
HSL	hsl(304, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(304, 81%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 5.5%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.20, 40.88, -23.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.20, 47.08, 330.27°)
OKLab	oklab(33.83% 0.1166 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(33.83% 0.133 331.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.1945, 3.2974, 9.1125)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1156 #115B16

analogous

#3B115B #5B1156 #5B1131

triadic

#5B1156 #565B11 #11565B

tetradic

#5B1156 #5B3B11 #115B16 #11315B

square

#5B1156 #5B3B11 #115B16 #11315B

split-complementary

#5B1156 #315B11 #115B3B

monochromatic

#1A0518 #270725 #5B1156 #8F1B87 #C224B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.66

#5B1156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#5B1156 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1156

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1156	1.00	12.66	1.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#092C58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#293654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F1B33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 17, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.133 331.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5986',
    500: '#5b1156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1156;
$custom-light: #8c5986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.054,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33832,
    "c": 0.13319,
    "h": 331.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1156

secondary

#34943A

accent

#EB483C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1156

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

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