#5B1166#5B1166

#5B1166 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.147 H 322.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1166
RGB	rgb(91, 17, 102)
HSL	hsl(292, 71%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(292, 83%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 83.3%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.25, 43.85, -32.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.25, 54.44, 323.65°)
OKLab	oklab(34.92% 0.1158 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(34.92% 0.147 322)
XYZ	xyz(6.9129, 3.5848, 12.8956)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.42

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1166 #1C6611

analogous

#301166 #5B1166 #661146

triadic

#5B1166 #665B11 #11665B

tetradic

#5B1166 #663011 #1C6611 #114666

square

#5B1166 #663011 #1C6611 #114666

split-complementary

#5B1166 #466611 #116630

monochromatic

#17041A #2C0832 #5B1166 #8A1A9A #B922CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.23

#5B1166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#5B1166 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1166

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1166	1.00	12.23	1.72	12.23
#FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003068

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C233C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 17, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.147 322.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5a92',
    500: '#5b1166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1166;
$custom-light: #8d5a92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.235,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34917,
    "c": 0.14687,
    "h": 322
  },
  "luminance": 0.03584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1166

secondary

#429E35

accent

#EE3A51

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F1

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1166

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

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