#5B156B#5B156B

#5B156B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.147 H 319.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B156B
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 107)
HSL	hsl(289, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(289, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 80.4%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.08, 43.48, -34.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.08, 55.32, 321.81°)
OKLab	oklab(35.62% 0.1115 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(35.62% 0.147 319.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.2360, 3.8224, 14.2637)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B156B #256B15

analogous

#30156B #5B156B #6B1550

triadic

#5B156B #6B5B15 #156B5B

tetradic

#5B156B #6B3015 #256B15 #15506B

square

#5B156B #6B3015 #256B15 #15506B

split-complementary

#5B156B #506B15 #156B30

monochromatic

#16051A #2F0B38 #5B156B #871F9E #B229D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#5B156B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#5B156B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B156B

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B156B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B156B	1.00	11.90	1.76	11.90
#FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B273F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b156b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.147 319.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5b96',
    500: '#5b156b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b156b;
$custom-light: #8d5b96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b156b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.837,
    "s": 67.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35615,
    "c": 0.1472,
    "h": 319.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B156B

secondary

#4DA23A

accent

#EA3E5E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B156B

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

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