#5B1159#5B1159

#5B1159 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.136 H 329.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1159
RGB	rgb(91, 17, 89)
HSL	hsl(302, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(302, 81%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 2.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.38, 41.41, -25.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.38, 48.41, 328.82°)
OKLab	oklab(34.02% 0.1166 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(34.02% 0.136 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.3180, 3.3468, 9.7625)
Luminance	0.0335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1159 #115B13

analogous

#38115B #5B1159 #5B1134

triadic

#5B1159 #595B11 #11595B

tetradic

#5B1159 #5B3811 #115B13 #11345B

square

#5B1159 #5B3811 #115B13 #11345B

split-complementary

#5B1159 #345B11 #115B38

monochromatic

#1A0519 #270727 #5B1159 #8F1B8B #C224BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.58

#5B1159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#5B1159 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1159

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1159	1.00	12.58	1.67	12.58
#FFFFFF	12.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#042D5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#273757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E1C34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 17, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.136 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5988',
    500: '#5b1159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1159;
$custom-light: #8c5988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.622,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34024,
    "c": 0.13568,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1159

secondary

#349437

accent

#EB413C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1159

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

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