#5B1474#5B1474

#5B1474 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.157 H 315.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1474
RGB	rgb(91, 20, 116)
HSL	hsl(284, 71%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(284, 83%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 82.8%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.62, 45.71, -39.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.62, 60.17, 319.44°)
OKLab	oklab(36.22% 0.111 -0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(36.22% 0.157 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7164, 3.9857, 16.8825)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1474 #2D7414

analogous

#2B1474 #5B1474 #74145D

triadic

#5B1474 #745B14 #14745B

tetradic

#5B1474 #742B14 #2D7414 #145D74

square

#5B1474 #742B14 #2D7414 #145D74

split-complementary

#5B1474 #5D7414 #14742B

monochromatic

#14051A #320B40 #5B1474 #841DA8 #AC28DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.69

#5B1474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#5B1474 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1474

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1474	1.00	11.69	1.80	11.69
#FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F3A72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592B44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 20, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.157 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5c9d',
    500: '#5b1474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1474;
$custom-light: #8d5c9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.375,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36215,
    "c": 0.15659,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1474

secondary

#57AA3A

accent

#ED3A69

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040E

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1474

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

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