#5B158D#5B158D

#5B158D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.179 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B158D
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 141)
HSL	hsl(275, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 85.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.81, 50.90, -51.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.81, 72.31, 314.75°)
OKLab	oklab(38.39% 0.1035 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(38.39% 0.179 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.3892, 4.6836, 25.6035)
Luminance	0.0468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.88

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B158D #478D15

analogous

#1F158D #5B158D #8D1583

triadic

#5B158D #8D5B15 #158D5B

tetradic

#5B158D #8D1F15 #478D15 #15838D

square

#5B158D #8D1F15 #478D15 #15838D

split-complementary

#5B158D #838D15 #158D1F

monochromatic

#160522 #390D58 #5B158D #7D1DC2 #9C3BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.84

#5B158D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#5B158D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B158D

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B158D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B158D	1.00	10.84	1.94	10.84
#FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b158d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.179 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5daf',
    500: '#5b158d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b158d;
$custom-light: #8f5daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b158d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38389,
    "c": 0.17933,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B158D

secondary

#74C13D

accent

#F13784

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B158D

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

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