#5B155C#5B155C

#5B155C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.134 H 327.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B155C
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 92)
HSL	hsl(299, 63%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(299, 77%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 77.2%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.07, 40.54, -25.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.07, 48.15, 327.35°)
OKLab	oklab(34.57% 0.1126 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(34.57% 0.134 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.5142, 3.5336, 10.4621)
Luminance	0.0353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B155C #165C15

analogous

#38155C #5B155C #5C153A

triadic

#5B155C #5C5B15 #155C5B

tetradic

#5B155C #5C3815 #165C15 #153A5C

square

#5B155C #5C3815 #165C15 #153A5C

split-complementary

#5B155C #3A5C15 #155C38

monochromatic

#190619 #2A0A2A #5B155C #8C208E #BE2CC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.31

#5B155C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#5B155C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B155C

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B155C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B155C	1.00	12.31	1.71	12.31
#FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#062F5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27385A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b155c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.134 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5b8a',
    500: '#5b155c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b155c;
$custom-light: #8c5b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b155c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.155,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34573,
    "c": 0.13365,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B155C

secondary

#3B9339

accent

#E64244

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B155C

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

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