#5B117C#5B117C

#5B117C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.167 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B117C
RGB	rgb(91, 17, 124)
HSL	hsl(281, 76%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(281, 86%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 86.3%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.94, 48.37, -43.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.94, 65.20, 317.88°)
OKLab	oklab(36.63% 0.1114 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(36.63% 0.167 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.1522, 4.0805, 19.4230)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B117C #327C11

analogous

#25117C #5B117C #7C1168

triadic

#5B117C #7C5B11 #117C5B

tetradic

#5B117C #7C2511 #327C11 #11687C

square

#5B117C #7C2511 #327C11 #11687C

split-complementary

#5B117C #687C11 #117C25

monochromatic

#14041B #340A46 #5B117C #8218B2 #A826E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.56

#5B117C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#5B117C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B117C

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B117C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B117C	1.00	11.56	1.82	11.56
#FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572D48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b117c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 17, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.167 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ba3',
    500: '#5b117c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b117c;
$custom-light: #8e5ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b117c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.495,
    "s": 75.887,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36633,
    "c": 0.16669,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B117C

secondary

#5DB237

accent

#F23570

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D040F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B117C

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

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