#5B1477#5B1477

#5B1477 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.159 H 313.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1477
RGB	rgb(91, 20, 119)
HSL	hsl(283, 71%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(283, 83%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 83.2%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.86, 46.35, -40.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.86, 61.66, 318.73°)
OKLab	oklab(36.45% 0.1103 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(36.45% 0.159 313.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.8937, 4.0566, 17.8164)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1477 #307714

analogous

#291477 #5B1477 #771462

triadic

#5B1477 #775B14 #14775B

tetradic

#5B1477 #772914 #307714 #146277

square

#5B1477 #772914 #307714 #146277

split-complementary

#5B1477 #627714 #147729

monochromatic

#14041A #330B43 #5B1477 #831DAB #A92ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#5B1477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#5B1477 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1477

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1477	1.00	11.59	1.81	11.59
#FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#083A75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582C46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 20, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.159 313.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5c9f',
    500: '#5b1477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1477;
$custom-light: #8d5c9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.03,
    "s": 71.223,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36452,
    "c": 0.15938,
    "h": 313.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1477

secondary

#5AAD3A

accent

#EE3A6D

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040E

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1477

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

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