#5B156E#5B156E

#5B156E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.150 H 317.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B156E
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 110)
HSL	hsl(287, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(287, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 80.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.29, 44.10, -35.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.29, 56.80, 320.93°)
OKLab	oklab(35.84% 0.1111 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(35.84% 0.15 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.3966, 3.8866, 15.1094)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B156E #286E15

analogous

#2E156E #5B156E #6E1554

triadic

#5B156E #6E5B15 #156E5B

tetradic

#5B156E #6E2E15 #286E15 #15546E

square

#5B156E #6E2E15 #286E15 #15546E

split-complementary

#5B156E #546E15 #156E2E

monochromatic

#15051A #300B3B #5B156E #861FA1 #B029D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#5B156E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#5B156E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B156E

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B156E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B156E	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183A6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A2941

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b156e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.150 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5c98',
    500: '#5b156e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b156e;
$custom-light: #8d5c98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b156e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.191,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35838,
    "c": 0.14997,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B156E

secondary

#51A43A

accent

#EB3D62

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B156E

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

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