#5B1174#5B1174

#5B1174 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.159 H 315.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1174
RGB	rgb(91, 17, 116)
HSL	hsl(285, 74%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(285, 85%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 85.3%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.29, 46.67, -39.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.29, 61.25, 319.64°)
OKLab	oklab(35.98% 0.1134 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(35.98% 0.159 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.6667, 3.8863, 16.8659)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1174 #2A7411

analogous

#291174 #5B1174 #74115B

triadic

#5B1174 #745B11 #11745B

tetradic

#5B1174 #742911 #2A7411 #115B74

square

#5B1174 #742911 #2A7411 #115B74

split-complementary

#5B1174 #5B7411 #117429

monochromatic

#15041B #31093F #5B1174 #8519A9 #AF21DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#5B1174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#5B1174 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1174

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1174	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B3972

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592A44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 17, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.159 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5a9d',
    500: '#5b1174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1174;
$custom-light: #8d5a9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.848,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35982,
    "c": 0.1594,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1174

secondary

#53AB36

accent

#F13766

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040E

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1174

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

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