#5B15A0#5B15A0

#5B15A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.198 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B15A0
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 160)
HSL	hsl(270, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 87%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 86.9%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.57, 55.32, -60.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.57, 81.73, 312.60°)
OKLab	oklab(40.14% 0.0968 -0.1723)
OKLCH	oklch(40.14% 0.198 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.9261, 5.2984, 33.6979)
Luminance	0.0530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B15A0 #5AA015

analogous

#1515A0 #5B15A0 #A0159F

triadic

#5B15A0 #A05B15 #15A05B

tetradic

#5B15A0 #A01515 #5AA015 #159FA0

square

#5B15A0 #A01515 #5AA015 #159FA0

split-complementary

#5B15A0 #9FA015 #15A015

monochromatic

#1D0734 #3C0E6A #5B15A0 #7A1CD6 #9848E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.20

#5B15A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#5B15A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B15A0

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B15A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B15A0	1.00	10.20	2.06	10.20
#FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A405E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b15a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.198 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915fbd',
    500: '#5b15a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b15a0;
$custom-light: #915fbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b15a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.216,
    "s": 76.796,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40135,
    "c": 0.19763,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B15A0

secondary

#88C849

accent

#F33493

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B15A0

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

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