#5B1167#5B1167

#5B1167 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.148 H 321.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1167
RGB	rgb(91, 17, 103)
HSL	hsl(292, 72%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(292, 83%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 83.5%, 0%, 59.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.32, 44.04, -32.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.32, 54.92, 323.31°)
OKLab	oklab(34.99% 0.1157 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(34.99% 0.148 321.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.9627, 3.6047, 13.1584)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.59

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1167 #1D6711

analogous

#301167 #5B1167 #671148

triadic

#5B1167 #675B11 #11675B

tetradic

#5B1167 #673011 #1D6711 #114867

square

#5B1167 #673011 #1D6711 #114867

split-complementary

#5B1167 #486711 #116730

monochromatic

#17041A #2D0832 #5B1167 #891A9C #B822D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.20

#5B1167 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#5B1167 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1167

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1167	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1167	1.00	12.20	1.72	12.20
#FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003069

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C233C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1167;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 17, 103);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.148 321.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5a93',
    500: '#5b1167',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1167;
$custom-light: #8d5a93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1167",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 103
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.628,
    "s": 71.667,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34989,
    "c": 0.14775,
    "h": 321.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1167

secondary

#449F35

accent

#EE3953

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F1

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0D040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1167

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

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