#5B1572#5B1572

#5B1572 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.154 H 315.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1572
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 114)
HSL	hsl(285, 69%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(285, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 81.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.59, 44.94, -37.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.59, 58.79, 319.86°)
OKLab	oklab(36.14% 0.1105 -0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(36.14% 0.154 315.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.6193, 3.9757, 16.2824)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1572 #2C7215

analogous

#2D1572 #5B1572 #72155B

triadic

#5B1572 #725B15 #15725B

tetradic

#5B1572 #722D15 #2C7215 #155B72

square

#5B1572 #722D15 #2C7215 #155B72

split-complementary

#5B1572 #5B7215 #15722D

monochromatic

#15051A #320B3E #5B1572 #841FA6 #AD2AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.70

#5B1572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#5B1572 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1572

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1572	1.00	11.70	1.80	11.70
#FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003474

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#133A70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592A43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.154 315.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5c9b',
    500: '#5b1572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1572;
$custom-light: #8d5c9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.161,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36143,
    "c": 0.1537,
    "h": 315.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1572

secondary

#56A83B

accent

#EC3C68

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1572

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

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