#5B117E#5B117E

#5B117E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.169 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B117E
RGB	rgb(91, 17, 126)
HSL	hsl(281, 76%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(281, 87%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 86.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.10, 48.80, -44.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.10, 66.20, 317.49°)
OKLab	oklab(36.8% 0.1109 -0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(36.8% 0.169 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2800, 4.1316, 20.0959)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.95

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B117E #347E11

analogous

#24117E #5B117E #7E116A

triadic

#5B117E #7E5B11 #117E5B

tetradic

#5B117E #7E2411 #347E11 #116A7E

square

#5B117E #7E2411 #347E11 #116A7E

split-complementary

#5B117E #6A7E11 #117E24

monochromatic

#13041B #340A48 #5B117E #8218B4 #A627E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.50

#5B117E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#5B117E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B117E

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B117E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B117E	1.00	11.50	1.83	11.50
#FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562E4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b117e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 17, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.169 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ba4',
    500: '#5b117e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b117e;
$custom-light: #8e5ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b117e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.734,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.368,
    "c": 0.16853,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B117E

secondary

#5FB437

accent

#F33572

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D040F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B117E

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

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