#5B117F#5B117F

#5B117F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.169 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B117F
RGB	rgb(91, 17, 127)
HSL	hsl(280, 76%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(280, 87%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 86.6%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.19, 49.01, -45.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.19, 66.69, 317.30°)
OKLab	oklab(36.89% 0.1106 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(36.89% 0.169 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3448, 4.1576, 20.4375)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.87

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B117F #357F11

analogous

#24117F #5B117F #7F116C

triadic

#5B117F #7F5B11 #117F5B

tetradic

#5B117F #7F2411 #357F11 #116C7F

square

#5B117F #7F2411 #357F11 #116C7F

split-complementary

#5B117F #6C7F11 #117F24

monochromatic

#13041B #340A49 #5B117F #8218B5 #A528E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#5B117F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#5B117F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B117F

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B117F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B117F	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562F4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b117f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 17, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.169 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ba5',
    500: '#5b117f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b117f;
$custom-light: #8e5ba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b117f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.364,
    "s": 76.389,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36885,
    "c": 0.16945,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B117F

secondary

#60B537

accent

#F33573

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D040F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B117F

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

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