#5B1577#5B1577

#5B1577 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.158 H 313.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1577
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 119)
HSL	hsl(283, 70%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(283, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 82.4%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.98, 46.01, -40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.98, 61.28, 318.66°)
OKLab	oklab(36.54% 0.1095 -0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(36.54% 0.158 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9117, 4.0927, 17.8224)
Luminance	0.0409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1577 #317715

analogous

#2A1577 #5B1577 #771562

triadic

#5B1577 #775B15 #15775B

tetradic

#5B1577 #772A15 #317715 #156277

square

#5B1577 #772A15 #317715 #156277

split-complementary

#5B1577 #627715 #15772A

monochromatic

#14051A #330C43 #5B1577 #831EAB #A82DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.55

#5B1577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#5B1577 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1577

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1577	1.00	11.55	1.82	11.55
#FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#093B75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582D46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.158 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5c9f',
    500: '#5b1577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1577;
$custom-light: #8d5c9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36535,
    "c": 0.1584,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1577

secondary

#5CAD3B

accent

#ED3B6E

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040E

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1577

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

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