#5B1375#5B1375

#5B1375 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.158 H 314.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1375
RGB	rgb(91, 19, 117)
HSL	hsl(284, 72%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(284, 84%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 83.8%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.59, 46.25, -39.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.59, 61.04, 319.27°)
OKLab	oklab(36.21% 0.1116 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(36.21% 0.158 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7576, 3.9745, 17.1847)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1375 #2D7513

analogous

#2A1375 #5B1375 #75135E

triadic

#5B1375 #755B13 #13755B

tetradic

#5B1375 #752A13 #2D7513 #135E75

square

#5B1375 #752A13 #2D7513 #135E75

split-complementary

#5B1375 #5E7513 #13752A

monochromatic

#14041A #320A40 #5B1375 #841CAA #AC27DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.70

#5B1375 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#5B1375 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1375

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1375	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1375	1.00	11.70	1.79	11.70
#FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003478

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B3A73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1375;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 19, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.158 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5b9d',
    500: '#5b1375',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1375;
$custom-light: #8d5b9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1375",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.082,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36213,
    "c": 0.15848,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1375

secondary

#57AB38

accent

#EF3969

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040E

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1375

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

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