#5B1561#5B1561

#5B1561 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.138 H 324.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1561
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 97)
HSL	hsl(295, 64%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(295, 78%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 78.4%, 0%, 62%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.39, 41.49, -28.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.39, 50.49, 325.27°)
OKLab	oklab(34.91% 0.1124 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(34.91% 0.138 324.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7400, 3.6240, 11.6514)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1561 #1B6115

analogous

#351561 #5B1561 #611541

triadic

#5B1561 #615B15 #15615B

tetradic

#5B1561 #613515 #1B6115 #154161

square

#5B1561 #613515 #1B6115 #154161

split-complementary

#5B1561 #416115 #156135

monochromatic

#180519 #2C0A2F #5B1561 #8A2093 #B92BC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.18

#5B1561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#5B1561 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1561

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1561	1.00	12.18	1.72	12.18
#FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003063

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24385F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D233A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.138 324.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5b8e',
    500: '#5b1561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1561;
$custom-light: #8c5b8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.263,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34906,
    "c": 0.13809,
    "h": 324.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1561

secondary

#41983A

accent

#E7404E

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1561

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

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