#5B146E#5B146E

#5B146E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.151 H 317.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B146E
RGB	rgb(91, 20, 110)
HSL	hsl(287, 69%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(287, 82%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 81.8%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.17, 44.45, -35.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.17, 57.20, 321.00°)
OKLab	oklab(35.75% 0.112 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(35.75% 0.151 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.3786, 3.8506, 15.1034)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B146E #276E14

analogous

#2E146E #5B146E #6E1454

triadic

#5B146E #6E5B14 #146E5B

tetradic

#5B146E #6E2E14 #276E14 #14546E

square

#5B146E #6E2E14 #276E14 #14546E

split-complementary

#5B146E #546E14 #146E2E

monochromatic

#15051A #300B3A #5B146E #861DA2 #B127D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#5B146E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#5B146E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B146E

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B146E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B146E	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18396C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A2841

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b146e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 20, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.151 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5b98',
    500: '#5b146e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b146e;
$custom-light: #8d5b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b146e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.333,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35752,
    "c": 0.15103,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B146E

secondary

#50A539

accent

#EC3C61

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B146E

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

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