#5B115A#5B115A

#5B115A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.137 H 328.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B115A
RGB	rgb(91, 17, 90)
HSL	hsl(301, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(301, 81%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 1.1%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.45, 41.59, -25.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.45, 48.85, 328.36°)
OKLab	oklab(34.09% 0.1166 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(34.09% 0.137 328.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.3602, 3.3637, 9.9852)
Luminance	0.0336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B115A #115B12

analogous

#37115B #5B115A #5B1135

triadic

#5B115A #5A5B11 #115A5B

tetradic

#5B115A #5B3711 #115B12 #11355B

square

#5B115A #5B3711 #115B12 #11355B

split-complementary

#5B115A #355B11 #115B37

monochromatic

#1A051A #270727 #5B115A #8F1B8D #C224C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.56

#5B115A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#5B115A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B115A

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B115A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B115A	1.00	12.56	1.67	12.56
#FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#032D5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#273758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E1D35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b115a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 17, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.137 328.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5989',
    500: '#5b115a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b115a;
$custom-light: #8c5989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b115a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.811,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34089,
    "c": 0.13652,
    "h": 328.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B115A

secondary

#349435

accent

#EB3F3C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B115A

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

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