#5B1471#5B1471

#5B1471 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.154 H 316.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1471
RGB	rgb(91, 20, 113)
HSL	hsl(286, 70%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(286, 82%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 82.3%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.40, 45.08, -37.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.40, 58.68, 320.19°)
OKLab	oklab(35.98% 0.1115 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(35.98% 0.154 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.5447, 3.9170, 15.9782)
Luminance	0.0392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1471 #2A7114

analogous

#2C1471 #5B1471 #711458

triadic

#5B1471 #715B14 #14715B

tetradic

#5B1471 #712C14 #2A7114 #145871

square

#5B1471 #712C14 #2A7114 #145871

split-complementary

#5B1471 #587114 #14712C

monochromatic

#15051A #310B3D #5B1471 #851DA5 #AF27D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#5B1471 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#5B1471 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1471

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1471	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1471	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#143A6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A2A43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1471;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 20, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.154 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5b9a',
    500: '#5b1471',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1471;
$custom-light: #8d5b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1471",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.806,
    "s": 69.925,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35981,
    "c": 0.1538,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1471

secondary

#53A739

accent

#ED3B65

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1471

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

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