#5B158C#5B158C

#5B158C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.178 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B158C
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 140)
HSL	hsl(275, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 85%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.73, 50.68, -50.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.73, 71.81, 314.89°)
OKLab	oklab(38.3% 0.1039 -0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(38.3% 0.178 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.3151, 4.6540, 25.2134)
Luminance	0.0465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.84

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B158C #468C15

analogous

#20158C #5B158C #8C1582

triadic

#5B158C #8C5B15 #158C5B

tetradic

#5B158C #8C2015 #468C15 #15828C

square

#5B158C #8C2015 #468C15 #15828C

split-complementary

#5B158C #828C15 #158C20

monochromatic

#160522 #380D57 #5B158C #7E1DC1 #9C3AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.88

#5B158C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#5B158C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B158C

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B158C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B158C	1.00	10.88	1.93	10.88
#FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b158c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.178 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5daf',
    500: '#5b158c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b158c;
$custom-light: #8f5daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b158c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.294,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38301,
    "c": 0.17838,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B158C

secondary

#73C03D

accent

#F13784

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B158C

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

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