#5B115B#5B115B

#5B115B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.137 H 328.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B115B
RGB	rgb(91, 17, 91)
HSL	hsl(300, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(300, 81%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.51, 41.77, -26.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.51, 49.31, 327.91°)
OKLab	oklab(34.16% 0.1166 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(34.16% 0.137 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.4031, 3.3808, 10.2108)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B115B #115B11

analogous

#36115B #5B115B #5B1136

triadic

#5B115B #5B5B11 #115B5B

tetradic

#5B115B #5B3611 #115B11 #11365B

square

#5B115B #5B3611 #115B11 #11365B

split-complementary

#5B115B #365B11 #115B36

monochromatic

#1A051A #270727 #5B115B #8F1B8F #C224C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.53

#5B115B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#5B115B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B115B

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B115B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B115B	1.00	12.53	1.68	12.53
#FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#012D5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#263759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E1D35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b115b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 17, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.137 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c598a',
    500: '#5b115b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b115b;
$custom-light: #8c598a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b115b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34155,
    "c": 0.13736,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B115B

secondary

#349434

accent

#EB3C3C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B115B

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

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