#5B1461#5B1461

#5B1461 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.139 H 324.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1461
RGB	rgb(91, 20, 97)
HSL	hsl(295, 66%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(295, 79%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 79.4%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.26, 41.86, -28.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.26, 50.91, 325.31°)
OKLab	oklab(34.82% 0.1135 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(34.82% 0.139 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.7220, 3.5880, 11.6454)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1461 #1A6114

analogous

#351461 #5B1461 #611440

triadic

#5B1461 #615B14 #14615B

tetradic

#5B1461 #613514 #1A6114 #144061

square

#5B1461 #613514 #1A6114 #144061

split-complementary

#5B1461 #406114 #146135

monochromatic

#180519 #2B0A2E #5B1461 #8B1E94 #BA29C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.23

#5B1461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#5B1461 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1461

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1461	1.00	12.23	1.72	12.23
#FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003063

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#23385F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D223A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 20, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.139 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5a8e',
    500: '#5b1461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1461;
$custom-light: #8c5a8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.325,
    "s": 65.812,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34815,
    "c": 0.13925,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1461

secondary

#409838

accent

#E93F4C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1461

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

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