#5B1569#5B1569

#5B1569 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.145 H 320.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1569
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 105)
HSL	hsl(290, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(290, 80%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 80%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.93, 43.08, -33.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.93, 54.34, 322.44°)
OKLab	oklab(35.47% 0.1118 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(35.47% 0.145 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.1320, 3.7808, 13.7160)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 5.05

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1569 #236915

analogous

#311569 #5B1569 #69154D

triadic

#5B1569 #695B15 #15695B

tetradic

#5B1569 #693115 #236915 #154D69

square

#5B1569 #693115 #236915 #154D69

split-complementary

#5B1569 #4D6915 #156931

monochromatic

#16051A #2F0B36 #5B1569 #871F9C #B329CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#5B1569 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#5B1569 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1569

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1569	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1569	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B263E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1569;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.145 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5b94',
    500: '#5b1569',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1569;
$custom-light: #8d5b94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1569",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35469,
    "c": 0.14536,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1569

secondary

#4BA03A

accent

#EA3E5B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F1

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1569

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

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