#5B156C#5B156C

#5B156C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.148 H 318.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B156C
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 108)
HSL	hsl(288, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(288, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 80.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.15, 43.69, -34.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.15, 55.82, 321.51°)
OKLab	oklab(35.69% 0.1114 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(35.69% 0.148 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.2890, 3.8435, 14.5424)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B156C #266C15

analogous

#2F156C #5B156C #6C1551

triadic

#5B156C #6C5B15 #156C5B

tetradic

#5B156C #6C2F15 #266C15 #15516C

square

#5B156C #6C2F15 #266C15 #15516C

split-complementary

#5B156C #516C15 #156C2F

monochromatic

#16051A #300B39 #5B156C #861F9F #B129D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.87

#5B156C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#5B156C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B156C

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B156C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B156C	1.00	11.87	1.77	11.87
#FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B396A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B2840

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b156c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.148 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5b97',
    500: '#5b156c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b156c;
$custom-light: #8d5b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b156c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.276,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35689,
    "c": 0.14812,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B156C

secondary

#4FA33A

accent

#EA3D5F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B156C

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

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