#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
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 125)
HSL	hsl(280, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 83.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.45, 47.31, -43.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.45, 64.29, 317.39°)
OKLab	oklab(37.02% 0.1081 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(37.02% 0.164 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.2835, 4.2414, 19.7804)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

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
##5B157D	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #5B157D

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

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