#5B147C#5B147C

#5B147C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.164 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B147C
RGB	rgb(91, 20, 124)
HSL	hsl(281, 72%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(281, 84%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 83.9%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.26, 47.43, -43.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.26, 64.16, 317.67°)
OKLab	oklab(36.86% 0.1092 -0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(36.86% 0.164 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.2019, 4.1799, 19.4396)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B147C #357C14

analogous

#27147C #5B147C #7C1469

triadic

#5B147C #7C5B14 #147C5B

tetradic

#5B147C #7C2714 #357C14 #14697C

square

#5B147C #7C2714 #357C14 #14697C

split-complementary

#5B147C #697C14 #147C27

monochromatic

#13041A #340B47 #5B147C #821DB1 #A52DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.44

#5B147C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#5B147C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B147C

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B147C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B147C	1.00	11.44	1.84	11.44
#FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b147c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 20, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.164 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ca3',
    500: '#5b147c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b147c;
$custom-light: #8e5ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b147c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.962,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36858,
    "c": 0.16406,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B147C

secondary

#60B23A

accent

#EF3973

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D040F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B147C

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

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