#5B1478#5B1478

#5B1478 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.160 H 313.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1478
RGB	rgb(91, 20, 120)
HSL	hsl(283, 71%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(283, 83%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 83.3%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.94, 46.56, -41.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.94, 62.16, 318.51°)
OKLab	oklab(36.53% 0.1101 -0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(36.53% 0.16 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.9541, 4.0808, 18.1343)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1478 #317814

analogous

#291478 #5B1478 #781463

triadic

#5B1478 #785B14 #14785B

tetradic

#5B1478 #782914 #317814 #146378

square

#5B1478 #782914 #317814 #146378

split-complementary

#5B1478 #637814 #147829

monochromatic

#14041A #330B44 #5B1478 #831DAC #A82BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.56

#5B1478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#5B1478 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1478

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1478	1.00	11.56	1.82	11.56
#FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#053A76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582D47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 20, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.160 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ca0',
    500: '#5b1478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1478;
$custom-light: #8d5ca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.6,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36532,
    "c": 0.16032,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1478

secondary

#5CAE3A

accent

#EE3A6E

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040F

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1478

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

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