#5B1168#5B1168

#5B1168 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.149 H 321.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1168
RGB	rgb(91, 17, 104)
HSL	hsl(291, 72%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(291, 84%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 83.7%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.39, 44.24, -33.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.39, 55.40, 322.99°)
OKLab	oklab(35.06% 0.1155 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(35.06% 0.149 321)
XYZ	xyz(7.0132, 3.6249, 13.4243)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 4.76

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1168 #1E6811

analogous

#2F1168 #5B1168 #681149

triadic

#5B1168 #685B11 #11685B

tetradic

#5B1168 #682F11 #1E6811 #114968

square

#5B1168 #682F11 #1E6811 #114968

split-complementary

#5B1168 #496811 #11682F

monochromatic

#17041A #2D0833 #5B1168 #891A9D #B722D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#5B1168 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#5B1168 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1168

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1168	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1168	1.00	12.17	1.73	12.17
#FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C243D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1168;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 17, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.149 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5a94',
    500: '#5b1168',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1168;
$custom-light: #8d5a94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1168",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.034,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35063,
    "c": 0.14864,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.03625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1168

secondary

#45A035

accent

#EF3954

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F1

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0D040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1168

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

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