#5B1374#5B1374

#5B1374 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.158 H 315.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1374
RGB	rgb(91, 19, 116)
HSL	hsl(285, 72%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(285, 84%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 83.6%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.51, 46.04, -39.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.51, 60.54, 319.51°)
OKLab	oklab(36.13% 0.1118 -0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(36.13% 0.158 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.6991, 3.9511, 16.8767)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1374 #2C7413

analogous

#2B1374 #5B1374 #74135D

triadic

#5B1374 #745B13 #13745B

tetradic

#5B1374 #742B13 #2C7413 #135D74

square

#5B1374 #742B13 #2C7413 #135D74

split-complementary

#5B1374 #5D7413 #13742B

monochromatic

#15041A #320A3F #5B1374 #841CA9 #AD26DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#5B1374 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#5B1374 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1374

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1374	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1374	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E3A72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592A44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1374;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 19, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.158 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5b9d',
    500: '#5b1374',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1374;
$custom-light: #8d5b9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1374",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.536,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36134,
    "c": 0.15756,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1374

secondary

#56AA38

accent

#EF3968

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040E

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1374

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

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