#5B127E#5B127E

#5B127E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.168 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B127E
RGB	rgb(91, 18, 126)
HSL	hsl(281, 75%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(281, 86%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 85.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.20, 48.50, -44.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.20, 65.86, 317.42°)
OKLab	oklab(36.87% 0.1101 -0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(36.87% 0.168 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2959, 4.1633, 20.1012)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.02

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B127E #357E12

analogous

#25127E #5B127E #7E126B

triadic

#5B127E #7E5B12 #127E5B

tetradic

#5B127E #7E2512 #357E12 #126B7E

square

#5B127E #7E2512 #357E12 #126B7E

split-complementary

#5B127E #6B7E12 #127E25

monochromatic

#13041B #340A48 #5B127E #821AB4 #A52AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#5B127E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#5B127E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B127E

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B127E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B127E	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#562F4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b127e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 18, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.168 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ba4',
    500: '#5b127e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b127e;
$custom-light: #8e5ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b127e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.556,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36872,
    "c": 0.16769,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B127E

secondary

#60B438

accent

#F23673

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D040F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B127E

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

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