#5B147B#5B147B

#5B147B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.163 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B147B
RGB	rgb(91, 20, 123)
HSL	hsl(281, 72%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(281, 84%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 83.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.18, 47.21, -42.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.18, 63.66, 317.87°)
OKLab	oklab(36.78% 0.1094 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(36.78% 0.163 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.1390, 4.1548, 19.1083)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B147B #347B14

analogous

#27147B #5B147B #7B1467

triadic

#5B147B #7B5B14 #147B5B

tetradic

#5B147B #7B2714 #347B14 #14677B

square

#5B147B #7B2714 #347B14 #14677B

split-complementary

#5B147B #677B14 #147B27

monochromatic

#13041A #340B46 #5B147B #821DB0 #A62DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#5B147B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#5B147B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B147B

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B147B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B147B	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572E48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b147b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 20, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.163 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ca2',
    500: '#5b147b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b147b;
$custom-light: #8e5ca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b147b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.359,
    "s": 72.028,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36776,
    "c": 0.16312,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B147B

secondary

#5FB13A

accent

#EF3972

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0D040F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B147B

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

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