#5B147F#5B147F

#5B147F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.167 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B147F
RGB	rgb(91, 20, 127)
HSL	hsl(280, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 84%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 84.3%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.50, 48.08, -44.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.50, 65.66, 317.08°)
OKLab	oklab(37.11% 0.1084 -0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(37.11% 0.167 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.3946, 4.2570, 20.4540)
Luminance	0.0426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.09

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B147F #387F14

analogous

#26147F #5B147F #7F146E

triadic

#5B147F #7F5B14 #147F5B

tetradic

#5B147F #7F2614 #387F14 #146E7F

square

#5B147F #7F2614 #387F14 #146E7F

split-complementary

#5B147F #6E7F14 #147F26

monochromatic

#13041A #350C4A #5B147F #811CB4 #A32FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.34

#5B147F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#5B147F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B147F

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B147F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B147F	1.00	11.34	1.85	11.34
#FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56304B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b147f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 20, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.167 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ca5',
    500: '#5b147f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b147f;
$custom-light: #8e5ca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b147f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.813,
    "s": 72.789,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37106,
    "c": 0.16688,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B147F

secondary

#64B43B

accent

#EF3876

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D040F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B147F

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

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