#5B2155#5B2155

#5B2155 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.110 H 331.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2155
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 85)
HSL	hsl(306, 47%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(306, 64%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 6.6%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.57, 33.90, -18.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.57, 38.84, 330.79°)
OKLab	oklab(35.53% 0.0969 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(35.53% 0.11 331.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.4979, 3.9682, 9.0163)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2155 #215B27

analogous

#44215B #5B2155 #5B2138

triadic

#5B2155 #555B21 #21555B

tetradic

#5B2155 #5B4421 #215B27 #21385B

square

#5B2155 #5B4421 #215B27 #21385B

split-complementary

#5B2155 #385B21 #215B44

monochromatic

#160815 #2E112B #5B2155 #88317F #B542A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#5B2155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#5B2155 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2155

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2155	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E3357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#313B53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F2637

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.110 331.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6085',
    500: '#5b2155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2155;
$custom-light: #8b6085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.207,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35528,
    "c": 0.10989,
    "h": 331.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2155

secondary

#498F50

accent

#D65F51

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0EAEF

border

#CBC6CA

text

#0C050B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2155

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

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