#5B156A#5B156A

#5B156A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.146 H 319.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B156A
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 106)
HSL	hsl(289, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(289, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 80.2%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.00, 43.28, -33.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.00, 54.83, 322.12°)
OKLab	oklab(35.54% 0.1117 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(35.54% 0.146 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.1837, 3.8015, 13.9882)
Luminance	0.0380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B156A #246A15

analogous

#31156A #5B156A #6A154E

triadic

#5B156A #6A5B15 #156A5B

tetradic

#5B156A #6A3115 #246A15 #154E6A

square

#5B156A #6A3115 #246A15 #154E6A

split-complementary

#5B156A #4E6A15 #156A31

monochromatic

#16051A #2F0B37 #5B156A #871F9D #B329D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.93

#5B156A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#5B156A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B156A

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B156A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B156A	1.00	11.93	1.76	11.93
#FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B273F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b156a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.146 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5b95',
    500: '#5b156a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b156a;
$custom-light: #8d5b95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b156a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.412,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35542,
    "c": 0.14627,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B156A

secondary

#4CA13A

accent

#EA3E5C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B156A

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

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