#5B1157#5B1157

#5B1157 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.134 H 330.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1157
RGB	rgb(91, 17, 87)
HSL	hsl(303, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(303, 81%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 4.4%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.26, 41.05, -23.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.26, 47.52, 329.77°)
OKLab	oklab(33.9% 0.1166 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(33.9% 0.134 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.2351, 3.3137, 9.3262)
Luminance	0.0331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1157 #115B15

analogous

#3A115B #5B1157 #5B1132

triadic

#5B1157 #575B11 #11575B

tetradic

#5B1157 #5B3A11 #115B15 #11325B

square

#5B1157 #5B3A11 #115B15 #11325B

split-complementary

#5B1157 #325B11 #115B3A

monochromatic

#1A0519 #270726 #5B1157 #8F1B88 #C224BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.63

#5B1157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#5B1157 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1157

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1157	1.00	12.63	1.66	12.63
#FFFFFF	12.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#082D59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#283755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F1B33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 17, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.134 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5987',
    500: '#5b1157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1157;
$custom-light: #8c5987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.243,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33896,
    "c": 0.13402,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1157

secondary

#349439

accent

#EB463C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9EF

border

#CBC5CA

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1157

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

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