#5B137C#5B137C

#5B137C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.165 H 311.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B137C
RGB	rgb(91, 19, 124)
HSL	hsl(281, 73%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(281, 85%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 84.7%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.15, 47.75, -43.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.15, 64.52, 317.74°)
OKLab	oklab(36.78% 0.1099 -0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(36.78% 0.165 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1847, 4.1454, 19.4339)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B137C #347C13

analogous

#26137C #5B137C #7C1368

triadic

#5B137C #7C5B13 #137C5B

tetradic

#5B137C #7C2613 #347C13 #13687C

square

#5B137C #7C2613 #347C13 #13687C

split-complementary

#5B137C #687C13 #137C26

monochromatic

#13041B #340B47 #5B137C #821BB1 #A62BDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#5B137C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#5B137C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B137C

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B137C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B137C	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572E49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b137c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 19, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.165 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ca3',
    500: '#5b137c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b137c;
$custom-light: #8e5ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b137c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.143,
    "s": 73.427,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3678,
    "c": 0.16497,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B137C

secondary

#5FB239

accent

#F03872

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D040F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B137C

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

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