#5B155F#5B155F

#5B155F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.136 H 325.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B155F
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 95)
HSL	hsl(297, 64%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(297, 78%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 77.9%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.26, 41.11, -27.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.26, 49.55, 326.07°)
OKLab	oklab(34.77% 0.1125 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(34.77% 0.136 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.6480, 3.5871, 11.1665)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B155F #195F15

analogous

#36155F #5B155F #5F153E

triadic

#5B155F #5F5B15 #155F5B

tetradic

#5B155F #5F3615 #195F15 #153E5F

square

#5B155F #5F3615 #195F15 #153E5F

split-complementary

#5B155F #3E5F15 #155F36

monochromatic

#180619 #2B0A2D #5B155F #8B2091 #BB2BC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.23

#5B155F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#5B155F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B155F

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B155F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B155F	1.00	12.23	1.72	12.23
#FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#013061

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#25385D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2239

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b155f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.136 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5b8d',
    500: '#5b155f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b155f;
$custom-light: #8c5b8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b155f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.757,
    "s": 63.793,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34771,
    "c": 0.1363,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B155F

secondary

#3F963A

accent

#E7414A

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B155F

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

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