#5B157E#5B157E

#5B157E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.165 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B157E
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(280, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 83.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.54, 47.53, -44.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.54, 64.79, 317.19°)
OKLab	oklab(37.1% 0.1079 -0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(37.1% 0.165 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.3477, 4.2670, 20.1185)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.26

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B157E #387E15

analogous

#27157E #5B157E #7E156D

triadic

#5B157E #7E5B15 #157E5B

tetradic

#5B157E #7E2715 #387E15 #156D7E

square

#5B157E #7E2715 #387E15 #156D7E

split-complementary

#5B157E #6D7E15 #157E27

monochromatic

#13041A #350C4A #5B157E #811EB2 #A331DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.33

#5B157E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#5B157E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B157E

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B157E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B157E	1.00	11.33	1.85	11.33
#FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56304A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.165 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ca4',
    500: '#5b157e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b157e;
$custom-light: #8e5ca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37103,
    "c": 0.16502,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B157E

secondary

#64B33C

accent

#EE3A76

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B157E

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

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