#5B157C#5B157C

#5B157C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.163 H 311.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B157C
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 124)
HSL	hsl(281, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(281, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 83.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.37, 47.09, -43.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.37, 63.78, 317.59°)
OKLab	oklab(36.94% 0.1084 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(36.94% 0.163 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.2200, 4.2159, 19.4456)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B157C #367C15

analogous

#28157C #5B157C #7C1569

triadic

#5B157C #7C5B15 #157C5B

tetradic

#5B157C #7C2815 #367C15 #15697C

square

#5B157C #7C2815 #367C15 #15697C

split-complementary

#5B157C #697C15 #157C28

monochromatic

#13041A #350C48 #5B157C #811EB0 #A530DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#5B157C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#5B157C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B157C

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B157C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B157C	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b157c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.163 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ca3',
    500: '#5b157c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b157c;
$custom-light: #8e5ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b157c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.777,
    "s": 71.034,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36938,
    "c": 0.16312,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B157C

secondary

#61B13C

accent

#EE3A74

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B157C

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

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