#5B1160#5B1160

#5B1160 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.142 H 325.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1160
RGB	rgb(91, 17, 96)
HSL	hsl(296, 70%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(296, 82%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 82.3%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.84, 42.70, -28.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.84, 51.61, 325.83°)
OKLab	oklab(34.49% 0.1164 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(34.49% 0.142 325.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.6260, 3.4700, 11.3848)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1160 #166011

analogous

#341160 #5B1160 #60113D

triadic

#5B1160 #605B11 #11605B

tetradic

#5B1160 #603411 #166011 #113D60

square

#5B1160 #603411 #166011 #113D60

split-complementary

#5B1160 #3D6011 #116034

monochromatic

#19051A #2A082C #5B1160 #8C1A94 #BE23C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#5B1160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#5B1160 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1160

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1160	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#23375E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 17, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.142 325.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c598d',
    500: '#5b1160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1160;
$custom-light: #8c598d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.203,
    "s": 69.912,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34493,
    "c": 0.14164,
    "h": 325.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1160

secondary

#3B9934

accent

#ED3B46

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1160

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

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