#5B1574#5B1574

#5B1574 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.156 H 315.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1574
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 116)
HSL	hsl(284, 69%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(284, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 81.9%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.74, 45.36, -38.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.74, 59.78, 319.36°)
OKLab	oklab(36.3% 0.1101 -0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(36.3% 0.156 315)
XYZ	xyz(7.7344, 4.0217, 16.8885)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1574 #2E7415

analogous

#2C1574 #5B1574 #74155E

triadic

#5B1574 #745B15 #15745B

tetradic

#5B1574 #742C15 #2E7415 #155E74

square

#5B1574 #742C15 #2E7415 #155E74

split-complementary

#5B1574 #5E7415 #15742C

monochromatic

#14051A #320C40 #5B1574 #841EA8 #AB2BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.64

#5B1574 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#5B1574 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1574

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1574	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1574	1.00	11.64	1.80	11.64
#FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003577

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#103A72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1574;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.156 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5c9d',
    500: '#5b1574',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1574;
$custom-light: #8d5c9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1574",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.211,
    "s": 69.343,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36298,
    "c": 0.15558,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.04021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1574

secondary

#58AA3B

accent

#EC3C6A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1574

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

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