#5B147D#5B147D

#5B147D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.165 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B147D
RGB	rgb(91, 20, 125)
HSL	hsl(281, 72%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(281, 84%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 84%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.34, 47.65, -43.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.34, 64.66, 317.47°)
OKLab	oklab(36.94% 0.1089 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(36.94% 0.165 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.2655, 4.2053, 19.7744)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B147D #367D14

analogous

#26147D #5B147D #7D146A

triadic

#5B147D #7D5B14 #147D5B

tetradic

#5B147D #7D2614 #367D14 #146A7D

square

#5B147D #7D2614 #367D14 #146A7D

split-complementary

#5B147D #6A7D14 #147D26

monochromatic

#13041A #350C48 #5B147D #811CB2 #A52EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.41

#5B147D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#5B147D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B147D

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B147D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B147D	1.00	11.41	1.84	11.41
#FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562F4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b147d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 20, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.165 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ca3',
    500: '#5b147d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b147d;
$custom-light: #8e5ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b147d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.571,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3694,
    "c": 0.165,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B147D

secondary

#61B23A

accent

#EF3974

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D040F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B147D

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

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