#5B1172#5B1172

#5B1172 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.158 H 316.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1172
RGB	rgb(91, 17, 114)
HSL	hsl(286, 74%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(286, 85%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 85.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.14, 46.26, -38.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.14, 60.27, 320.13°)
OKLab	oklab(35.82% 0.1138 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(35.82% 0.158 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.5516, 3.8403, 16.2598)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1172 #287211

analogous

#2A1172 #5B1172 #721158

triadic

#5B1172 #725B11 #11725B

tetradic

#5B1172 #722A11 #287211 #115872

square

#5B1172 #722A11 #287211 #115872

split-complementary

#5B1172 #587211 #11722A

monochromatic

#15041B #30093D #5B1172 #8619A7 #B021DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#5B1172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#5B1172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1172

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1172	1.00	11.88	1.77	11.88
#FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003375

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F3970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592943

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 17, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.158 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5a9b',
    500: '#5b1172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1172;
$custom-light: #8d5a9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.773,
    "s": 74.046,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35823,
    "c": 0.15759,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1172

secondary

#51A936

accent

#F13763

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040E

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1172

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

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