#5B158F#5B158F

#5B158F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.181 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B158F
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 143)
HSL	hsl(274, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 85.3%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.99, 51.36, -52.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.99, 73.31, 314.48°)
OKLab	oklab(38.57% 0.1029 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(38.57% 0.181 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.5393, 4.7437, 26.3943)
Luminance	0.0474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B158F #498F15

analogous

#1E158F #5B158F #8F1586

triadic

#5B158F #8F5B15 #158F5B

tetradic

#5B158F #8F1E15 #498F15 #15868F

square

#5B158F #8F1E15 #498F15 #15868F

split-complementary

#5B158F #868F15 #158F1E

monochromatic

#170524 #390D5A #5B158F #7D1DC4 #9B3CE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.78

#5B158F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#5B158F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B158F

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B158F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B158F	1.00	10.78	1.95	10.78
#FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b158f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.181 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5eb1',
    500: '#5b158f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b158f;
$custom-light: #8f5eb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b158f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.426,
    "s": 74.39,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38567,
    "c": 0.18125,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B158F

secondary

#76C23E

accent

#F13786

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B158F

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

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