#5B175A#5B175A

#5B175A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.129 H 328.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B175A
RGB	rgb(91, 23, 90)
HSL	hsl(301, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(301, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 1.1%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.22, 39.39, -24.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.22, 46.34, 328.22°)
OKLab	oklab(34.64% 0.1104 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(34.64% 0.129 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.4662, 3.5756, 10.0205)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B175A #175B18

analogous

#3A175B #5B175A #5B1738

triadic

#5B175A #5A5B17 #175A5B

tetradic

#5B175A #5B3A17 #175B18 #17385B

square

#5B175A #5B3A17 #175B18 #17385B

split-complementary

#5B175A #385B17 #175B3A

monochromatic

#180618 #2A0B2A #5B175A #8C238A #BD30BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.24

#5B175A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#5B175A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B175A

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B175A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B175A	1.00	12.24	1.72	12.24
#FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D2F5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#293858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2136

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b175a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 23, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.129 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5b89',
    500: '#5b175a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b175a;
$custom-light: #8c5b89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b175a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.882,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34641,
    "c": 0.12936,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B175A

secondary

#3C923D

accent

#E34745

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B175A

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

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