#5B1171#5B1171

#5B1171 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.157 H 316.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1171
RGB	rgb(91, 17, 113)
HSL	hsl(286, 74%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(286, 85%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 85%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.06, 46.05, -38.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.06, 59.78, 320.39°)
OKLab	oklab(35.74% 0.114 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(35.74% 0.157 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.4950, 3.8176, 15.9617)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1171 #277111

analogous

#2B1171 #5B1171 #711157

triadic

#5B1171 #715B11 #11715B

tetradic

#5B1171 #712B11 #277111 #115771

square

#5B1171 #712B11 #277111 #115771

split-complementary

#5B1171 #577111 #11712B

monochromatic

#15041B #30093C #5B1171 #8619A6 #B121DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.91

#5B1171 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#5B1171 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1171

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1171	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1171	1.00	11.91	1.76	11.91
#FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003374

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11396F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A2842

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1171;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 17, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.157 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5a9a',
    500: '#5b1171',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1171;
$custom-light: #8d5a9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1171",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.25,
    "s": 73.846,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35745,
    "c": 0.15668,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1171

secondary

#50A836

accent

#F13762

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040E

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1171

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

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