#5B137D#5B137D

#5B137D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.166 H 311.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B137D
RGB	rgb(91, 19, 125)
HSL	hsl(281, 74%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(281, 85%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 84.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.23, 47.97, -43.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.23, 65.02, 317.54°)
OKLab	oklab(36.86% 0.1097 -0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(36.86% 0.166 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.2482, 4.1708, 19.7686)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B137D #357D13

analogous

#26137D #5B137D #7D136A

triadic

#5B137D #7D5B13 #137D5B

tetradic

#5B137D #7D2613 #357D13 #136A7D

square

#5B137D #7D2613 #357D13 #136A7D

split-complementary

#5B137D #6A7D13 #137D26

monochromatic

#13041B #340B48 #5B137D #821BB2 #A52CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.45

#5B137D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#5B137D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B137D

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B137D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B137D	1.00	11.45	1.83	11.45
#FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b137d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 19, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.166 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ca3',
    500: '#5b137d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b137d;
$custom-light: #8e5ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b137d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.755,
    "s": 73.611,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36863,
    "c": 0.1659,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B137D

secondary

#60B339

accent

#F03873

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D040F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B137D

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

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