#5B1659#5B1659

#5B1659 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.130 H 329.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1659
RGB	rgb(91, 22, 89)
HSL	hsl(302, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(302, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.8%, 2.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.02, 39.60, -24.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.02, 46.34, 328.72°)
OKLab	oklab(34.48% 0.1115 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(34.48% 0.13 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.4044, 3.5197, 9.7913)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1659 #165B18

analogous

#3B165B #5B1659 #5B1637

triadic

#5B1659 #595B16 #16595B

tetradic

#5B1659 #5B3B16 #165B18 #16375B

square

#5B1659 #5B3B16 #165B18 #16375B

split-complementary

#5B1659 #375B16 #165B3B

monochromatic

#190618 #2A0A29 #5B1659 #8C2289 #BE2EB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.33

#5B1659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#5B1659 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1659

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1659	1.00	12.33	1.70	12.33
#FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D2F5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#293857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E1F36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 22, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.130 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5b88',
    500: '#5b1659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1659;
$custom-light: #8c5b88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.739,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34477,
    "c": 0.12978,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1659

secondary

#3B923D

accent

#E44844

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1659

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

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