#5B159E#5B159E

#5B159E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.196 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B159E
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 158)
HSL	hsl(271, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 86.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.38, 54.85, -59.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.38, 80.75, 312.79°)
OKLab	oklab(39.95% 0.0976 -0.1696)
OKLCH	oklch(39.95% 0.196 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.7525, 5.2290, 32.7839)
Luminance	0.0523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B159E #589E15

analogous

#17159E #5B159E #9E159C

triadic

#5B159E #9E5B15 #159E5B

tetradic

#5B159E #9E1715 #589E15 #159C9E

square

#5B159E #9E1715 #589E15 #159C9E

split-complementary

#5B159E #9C9E15 #159E17

monochromatic

#1D0732 #3C0E68 #5B159E #7A1CD4 #9847E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.26

#5B159E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#5B159E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B159E

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B159E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B159E	1.00	10.26	2.05	10.26
#FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b159e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.196 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915fbc',
    500: '#5b159e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b159e;
$custom-light: #915fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b159e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.657,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39946,
    "c": 0.19569,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B159E

secondary

#86C747

accent

#F33592

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B159E

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

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