#5B1372#5B1372

#5B1372 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.156 H 316.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1372
RGB	rgb(91, 19, 114)
HSL	hsl(285, 71%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(285, 83%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 83.3%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.36, 45.62, -38.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.36, 59.55, 320.00°)
OKLab	oklab(35.98% 0.1122 -0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(35.98% 0.156 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.5840, 3.9051, 16.2706)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1372 #2A7213

analogous

#2B1372 #5B1372 #721359

triadic

#5B1372 #725B13 #13725B

tetradic

#5B1372 #722B13 #2A7213 #135972

square

#5B1372 #722B13 #2A7213 #135972

split-complementary

#5B1372 #597213 #13722B

monochromatic

#15041A #310A3E #5B1372 #851CA6 #AF25DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#5B1372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#5B1372 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1372

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1372	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003475

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#113A70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592A43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 19, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.156 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5b9b',
    500: '#5b1372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1372;
$custom-light: #8d5b9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.474,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35977,
    "c": 0.15571,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1372

secondary

#53A938

accent

#EE3A65

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1372

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

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