#5B1570#5B1570

#5B1570 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.152 H 316.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1570
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 112)
HSL	hsl(286, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(286, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 81.2%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.44, 44.52, -36.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.44, 57.79, 320.38°)
OKLab	oklab(35.99% 0.1108 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(35.99% 0.152 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.5067, 3.9307, 15.6894)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1570 #2A7015

analogous

#2D1570 #5B1570 #701557

triadic

#5B1570 #705B15 #15705B

tetradic

#5B1570 #702D15 #2A7015 #155770

square

#5B1570 #702D15 #2A7015 #155770

split-complementary

#5B1570 #577015 #15702D

monochromatic

#15051A #310B3C #5B1570 #851FA4 #AF29D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.76

#5B1570 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#5B1570 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1570

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1570	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1570	1.00	11.76	1.79	11.76
#FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#163A6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A2A42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1570;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.152 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5c9a',
    500: '#5b1570',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1570;
$custom-light: #8d5c9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1570",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.154,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3599,
    "c": 0.15184,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1570

secondary

#53A63B

accent

#EB3D65

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1570

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

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