#5B157A#5B157A

#5B157A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.161 H 312.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B157A
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 122)
HSL	hsl(282, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(282, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 82.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.21, 46.66, -42.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.21, 62.78, 318.00°)
OKLab	oklab(36.78% 0.1088 -0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(36.78% 0.161 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.0948, 4.1659, 18.7863)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B157A #347A15

analogous

#28157A #5B157A #7A1566

triadic

#5B157A #7A5B15 #157A5B

tetradic

#5B157A #7A2815 #347A15 #15667A

square

#5B157A #7A2815 #347A15 #15667A

split-complementary

#5B157A #667A15 #157A28

monochromatic

#13041A #340C46 #5B157A #821EAE #A62EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#5B157A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#5B157A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B157A

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B157A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B157A	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#023B78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572E48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b157a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.161 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ca1',
    500: '#5b157a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b157a;
$custom-light: #8e5ca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b157a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.584,
    "s": 70.629,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36775,
    "c": 0.16123,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B157A

secondary

#5FAF3B

accent

#ED3A71

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0D040F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B157A

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

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