#5B2158#5B2158

#5B2158 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.113 H 329.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2158
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 88)
HSL	hsl(303, 47%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(303, 64%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.7%, 3.3%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.73, 34.48, -20.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.73, 40.21, 329.02°)
OKLab	oklab(35.7% 0.0973 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(35.7% 0.113 329.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.6196, 4.0169, 9.6573)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2158 #215B24

analogous

#41215B #5B2158 #5B213B

triadic

#5B2158 #585B21 #21585B

tetradic

#5B2158 #5B4121 #215B24 #213B5B

square

#5B2158 #5B4121 #215B24 #213B5B

split-complementary

#5B2158 #3B5B21 #215B41

monochromatic

#160816 #2E112D #5B2158 #883183 #B542AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#5B2158 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#5B2158 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2158

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2158	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2158	1.00	11.65	1.80	11.65
#FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D335A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#303B56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2739

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2158;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.113 329.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6087',
    500: '#5b2158',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2158;
$custom-light: #8b6087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2158",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.103,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35698,
    "c": 0.11269,
    "h": 329.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2158

secondary

#498F4C

accent

#D65851

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0EAEF

border

#CBC6CA

text

#0C050B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2158

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

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