#5B157F#5B157F

#5B157F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.166 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B157F
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 127)
HSL	hsl(280, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 83.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.62, 47.75, -44.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.62, 65.29, 317.00°)
OKLab	oklab(37.19% 0.1076 -0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(37.19% 0.166 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.4126, 4.2930, 20.4600)
Luminance	0.0429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.17

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B157F #397F15

analogous

#26157F #5B157F #7F156E

triadic

#5B157F #7F5B15 #157F5B

tetradic

#5B157F #7F2615 #397F15 #156E7F

square

#5B157F #7F2615 #397F15 #156E7F

split-complementary

#5B157F #6E7F15 #157F26

monochromatic

#13041A #350C4A #5B157F #811EB4 #A331DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.30

#5B157F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#5B157F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B157F

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B157F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B157F	1.00	11.30	1.86	11.30
#FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56304B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b157f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.166 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5da5',
    500: '#5b157f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b157f;
$custom-light: #8e5da5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b157f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.623,
    "s": 71.622,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37186,
    "c": 0.16597,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B157F

secondary

#65B43C

accent

#EE3977

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B157F

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

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