#5B1575#5B1575

#5B1575 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.157 H 314.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1575
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 117)
HSL	hsl(284, 70%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(284, 82%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 82.1%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.82, 45.58, -39.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.82, 60.28, 319.12°)
OKLab	oklab(36.38% 0.1099 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(36.38% 0.157 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7929, 4.0451, 17.1965)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1575 #2F7515

analogous

#2B1575 #5B1575 #75155F

triadic

#5B1575 #755B15 #15755B

tetradic

#5B1575 #752B15 #2F7515 #155F75

square

#5B1575 #752B15 #2F7515 #155F75

split-complementary

#5B1575 #5F7515 #15752B

monochromatic

#14051A #330C41 #5B1575 #831EA9 #AA2BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.61

#5B1575 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#5B1575 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1575

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1575	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1575	1.00	11.61	1.81	11.61
#FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E3A73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592C45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1575;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.157 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5c9d',
    500: '#5b1575',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1575;
$custom-light: #8d5c9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1575",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.75,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36377,
    "c": 0.15652,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1575

secondary

#59AB3B

accent

#EC3B6B

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040E

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1575

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

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