#5B1576#5B1576

#5B1576 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.157 H 314.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1576
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 118)
HSL	hsl(283, 70%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(283, 82%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 82.2%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.90, 45.79, -39.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.90, 60.78, 318.88°)
OKLab	oklab(36.46% 0.1097 -0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(36.46% 0.157 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.8520, 4.0688, 17.5078)
Luminance	0.0407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1576 #307615

analogous

#2B1576 #5B1576 #761561

triadic

#5B1576 #765B15 #15765B

tetradic

#5B1576 #762B15 #307615 #156176

square

#5B1576 #762B15 #307615 #156176

split-complementary

#5B1576 #617615 #15762B

monochromatic

#14051A #330C42 #5B1576 #831EAA #A92CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.58

#5B1576 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#5B1576 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1576

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1576	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1576	1.00	11.58	1.81	11.58
#FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C3A74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582C46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1576;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.157 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5c9e',
    500: '#5b1576',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1576;
$custom-light: #8d5c9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1576",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.299,
    "s": 69.784,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36455,
    "c": 0.15746,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1576

secondary

#5AAC3B

accent

#ED3B6D

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040E

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1576

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

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