#5B156D#5B156D

#5B156D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.149 H 318.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B156D
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 109)
HSL	hsl(288, 68%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(288, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 80.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.22, 43.90, -35.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.22, 56.31, 321.22°)
OKLab	oklab(35.76% 0.1113 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(35.76% 0.149 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.3425, 3.8649, 14.8243)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B156D #276D15

analogous

#2F156D #5B156D #6D1553

triadic

#5B156D #6D5B15 #156D5B

tetradic

#5B156D #6D2F15 #276D15 #15536D

square

#5B156D #6D2F15 #276D15 #15536D

split-complementary

#5B156D #536D15 #156D2F

monochromatic

#15051A #300B3A #5B156D #861FA0 #B129D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.84

#5B156D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#5B156D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B156D

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B156D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B156D	1.00	11.84	1.77	11.84
#FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19396B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B2841

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b156d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.149 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5c97',
    500: '#5b156d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b156d;
$custom-light: #8d5c97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b156d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.727,
    "s": 67.692,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35763,
    "c": 0.14905,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B156D

secondary

#50A33A

accent

#EB3D61

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B156D

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

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