#5B158A#5B158A

#5B158A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.176 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B158A
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 138)
HSL	hsl(276, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 84.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.55, 50.22, -49.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.55, 70.81, 315.17°)
OKLab	oklab(38.13% 0.1045 -0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(38.13% 0.176 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.1690, 4.5955, 24.4438)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.80

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B158A #448A15

analogous

#20158A #5B158A #8A157E

triadic

#5B158A #8A5B15 #158A5B

tetradic

#5B158A #8A2015 #448A15 #157E8A

square

#5B158A #8A2015 #448A15 #157E8A

split-complementary

#5B158A #7E8A15 #158A20

monochromatic

#150520 #380D55 #5B158A #7E1DBF #9D39E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.94

#5B158A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#5B158A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B158A

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B158A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B158A	1.00	10.94	1.92	10.94
#FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523651

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b158a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.176 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5dad',
    500: '#5b158a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b158a;
$custom-light: #8f5dad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b158a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.897,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38125,
    "c": 0.17646,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B158A

secondary

#71BE3D

accent

#F03882

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B158A

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

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