#5B155B#5B155B

#5B155B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.133 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B155B
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 91)
HSL	hsl(300, 63%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(300, 77%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.9%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.00, 40.36, -25.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.00, 47.69, 327.80°)
OKLab	oklab(34.51% 0.1126 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(34.51% 0.133 328)
XYZ	xyz(6.4708, 3.5163, 10.2334)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B155B #155B15

analogous

#38155B #5B155B #5B1538

triadic

#5B155B #5B5B15 #155B5B

tetradic

#5B155B #5B3815 #155B15 #15385B

square

#5B155B #5B3815 #155B15 #15385B

split-complementary

#5B155B #385B15 #155B38

monochromatic

#190619 #290A29 #5B155B #8D208D #BE2CBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.33

#5B155B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#5B155B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B155B

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B155B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B155B	1.00	12.33	1.70	12.33
#FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#082F5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#283859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b155b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.133 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5b8a',
    500: '#5b155b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b155b;
$custom-light: #8c5b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b155b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34508,
    "c": 0.13277,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.03516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B155B

secondary

#399239

accent

#E64242

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B155B

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

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