#5B1472#5B1472

#5B1472 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.155 H 316.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1472
RGB	rgb(91, 20, 114)
HSL	hsl(285, 70%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(285, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 82.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.47, 45.29, -38.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.47, 59.18, 319.93°)
OKLab	oklab(36.06% 0.1113 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(36.06% 0.155 316)
XYZ	xyz(7.6013, 3.9397, 16.2764)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1472 #2B7214

analogous

#2C1472 #5B1472 #72145A

triadic

#5B1472 #725B14 #14725B

tetradic

#5B1472 #722C14 #2B7214 #145A72

square

#5B1472 #722C14 #2B7214 #145A72

split-complementary

#5B1472 #5A7214 #14722C

monochromatic

#15051A #310B3E #5B1472 #851DA6 #AE27D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#5B1472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#5B1472 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1472

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1472	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003475

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#123A70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592A43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 20, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.155 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5b9b',
    500: '#5b1472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1472;
$custom-light: #8d5b9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.319,
    "s": 70.149,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36059,
    "c": 0.15473,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.03939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1472

secondary

#55A839

accent

#ED3B66

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1472

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

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