#5B156F#5B156F

#5B156F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.151 H 317.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B156F
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 111)
HSL	hsl(287, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(287, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 81.1%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.37, 44.31, -36.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.37, 57.30, 320.66°)
OKLab	oklab(35.91% 0.111 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(35.91% 0.151 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.4514, 3.9085, 15.3978)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B156F #296F15

analogous

#2E156F #5B156F #6F1556

triadic

#5B156F #6F5B15 #156F5B

tetradic

#5B156F #6F2E15 #296F15 #15566F

square

#5B156F #6F2E15 #296F15 #15566F

split-complementary

#5B156F #566F15 #156F2E

monochromatic

#15051A #310B3C #5B156F #851FA2 #AF28D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#5B156F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#5B156F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B156F

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B156F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B156F	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173A6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A2942

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b156f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.151 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5c99',
    500: '#5b156f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b156f;
$custom-light: #8d5c99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b156f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35914,
    "c": 0.15091,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B156F

secondary

#52A53A

accent

#EB3D63

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B156F

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

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