#5B158E#5B158E

#5B158E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.180 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B158E
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 142)
HSL	hsl(275, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 85.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.90, 51.13, -51.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.90, 72.81, 314.61°)
OKLab	oklab(38.48% 0.1032 -0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(38.48% 0.18 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.4639, 4.7135, 25.9972)
Luminance	0.0471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.92

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B158E #488E15

analogous

#1F158E #5B158E #8E1585

triadic

#5B158E #8E5B15 #158E5B

tetradic

#5B158E #8E1F15 #488E15 #15858E

square

#5B158E #8E1F15 #488E15 #15858E

split-complementary

#5B158E #858E15 #158E1F

monochromatic

#170523 #390D59 #5B158E #7D1DC3 #9C3BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.81

#5B158E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#5B158E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B158E

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B158E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B158E	1.00	10.81	1.94	10.81
#FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b158e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.180 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5db0',
    500: '#5b158e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b158e;
$custom-light: #8f5db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b158e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.711,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38478,
    "c": 0.18029,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B158E

secondary

#75C23D

accent

#F13785

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B158E

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

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