#5B146B#5B146B

#5B146B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.148 H 319.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B146B
RGB	rgb(91, 20, 107)
HSL	hsl(289, 69%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(289, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 81.3%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.95, 43.84, -34.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.95, 55.73, 321.88°)
OKLab	oklab(35.53% 0.1125 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(35.53% 0.148 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.2180, 3.7864, 14.2577)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B146B #246B14

analogous

#30146B #5B146B #6B144F

triadic

#5B146B #6B5B14 #146B5B

tetradic

#5B146B #6B3014 #246B14 #144F6B

square

#5B146B #6B3014 #246B14 #144F6B

split-complementary

#5B146B #4F6B14 #146B30

monochromatic

#16051A #2F0A37 #5B146B #871E9F #B327D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#5B146B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#5B146B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B146B

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B146B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B146B	1.00	11.95	1.76	11.95
#FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B273F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b146b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 20, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.148 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5b96',
    500: '#5b146b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b146b;
$custom-light: #8d5b96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b146b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.966,
    "s": 68.504,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35528,
    "c": 0.14828,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B146B

secondary

#4CA239

accent

#EB3C5D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B146B

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

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