#5B147E#5B147E

#5B147E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.166 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B147E
RGB	rgb(91, 20, 126)
HSL	hsl(280, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 84%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 84.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.42, 47.86, -44.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.42, 65.16, 317.27°)
OKLab	oklab(37.02% 0.1087 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(37.02% 0.166 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.3297, 4.2310, 20.1125)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.17

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B147E #377E14

analogous

#26147E #5B147E #7E146C

triadic

#5B147E #7E5B14 #147E5B

tetradic

#5B147E #7E2614 #377E14 #146C7E

square

#5B147E #7E2614 #377E14 #146C7E

split-complementary

#5B147E #6C7E14 #147E26

monochromatic

#13041A #350C49 #5B147E #811CB3 #A42EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.37

#5B147E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#5B147E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B147E

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B147E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B147E	1.00	11.37	1.85	11.37
#FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56304A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b147e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 20, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.166 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ca4',
    500: '#5b147e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b147e;
$custom-light: #8e5ca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b147e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.189,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37023,
    "c": 0.16594,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B147E

secondary

#62B33A

accent

#EF3875

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D040F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B147E

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

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