#5B157B#5B157B

#5B157B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.162 H 312.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B157B
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 123)
HSL	hsl(281, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(281, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 82.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.29, 46.87, -42.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.29, 63.28, 317.79°)
OKLab	oklab(36.86% 0.1086 -0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(36.86% 0.162 312)
XYZ	xyz(8.1570, 4.1908, 19.1143)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B157B #357B15

analogous

#28157B #5B157B #7B1568

triadic

#5B157B #7B5B15 #157B5B

tetradic

#5B157B #7B2815 #357B15 #15687B

square

#5B157B #7B2815 #357B15 #15687B

split-complementary

#5B157B #687B15 #157B28

monochromatic

#13041A #340C47 #5B157B #821EAF #A52FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#5B157B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#5B157B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B157B

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B157B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B157B	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b157b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.162 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ca2',
    500: '#5b157b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b157b;
$custom-light: #8e5ca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b157b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.176,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36857,
    "c": 0.16218,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.04191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B157B

secondary

#60B03B

accent

#EE3A72

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0D040F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B157B

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

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