#5B157D#5B157D

#5B157D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.164 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5B157D
RGBrgb(91, 21, 125)
HSLhsl(280, 71%, 29%)
HSVhsv(280, 83%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(27.2%, 83.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LABlab(24.45, 47.31, -43.52)
CIE-LCHlch(24.45, 64.29, 317.39°)
OKLaboklab(37.02% 0.1081 -0.1234)
OKLCHoklch(37.02% 0.164 311.2)
XYZxyz(8.2835, 4.2414, 19.7804)
Luminance0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5B157D #377D15
analogous
#27157D #5B157D #7D156B
triadic
#5B157D #7D5B15 #157D5B
tetradic
#5B157D #7D2715 #377D15 #156B7D
square
#5B157D #7D2715 #377D15 #156B7D
split-complementary
#5B157D #6B7D15 #157D27
monochromatic
#13041A #350C49 #5B157D #811EB1 #A430DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36
#5B157D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85
#5B157D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B157D
11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5B157D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##5B157D1.0011.361.8511.36
#FFFFFF11.361.0021.001.00
#0000001.8521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.361.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#003780
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#003B7B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#56304A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5b157d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.164 311.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ca3',
    500: '#5b157d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5b157d;
$custom-light: #8e5ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5b157d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.385,
    "s": 71.233,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3702,
    "c": 0.16407,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5B157D
secondary
#62B23C
accent
#EE3A75
background
#F9F5FA
surface
#F1E9F4
border
#CBC5CE
text
#0D050F
muted
#7E797F

Preview Lab

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#5B157D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva