#5B155E#5B155E

#5B155E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.135 H 326.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B155E
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 94)
HSL	hsl(298, 63%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(298, 78%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 77.7%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.19, 40.92, -27.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.19, 49.08, 326.49°)
OKLab	oklab(34.71% 0.1126 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(34.71% 0.135 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.6028, 3.5691, 10.9286)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B155E #185E15

analogous

#36155E #5B155E #5E153D

triadic

#5B155E #5E5B15 #155E5B

tetradic

#5B155E #5E3615 #185E15 #153D5E

square

#5B155E #5E3615 #185E15 #153D5E

split-complementary

#5B155E #3D5E15 #155E36

monochromatic

#180619 #2B0A2C #5B155E #8B2090 #BC2BC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.25

#5B155E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#5B155E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B155E

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B155E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B155E	1.00	12.25	1.71	12.25
#FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#032F60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26385C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2138

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b155e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.135 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5b8c',
    500: '#5b155e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b155e;
$custom-light: #8c5b8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b155e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.534,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34705,
    "c": 0.13541,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B155E

secondary

#3D9539

accent

#E74148

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B155E

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

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