#5B175C#5B175C

#5B175C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.131 H 327.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B175C
RGB	rgb(91, 23, 92)
HSL	hsl(299, 60%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(299, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 75%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.34, 39.77, -25.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.34, 47.26, 327.29°)
OKLab	oklab(34.77% 0.1104 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(34.77% 0.131 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.5524, 3.6101, 10.4748)
Luminance	0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B175C #185C17

analogous

#38175C #5B175C #5C173B

triadic

#5B175C #5C5B17 #175C5B

tetradic

#5B175C #5C3817 #185C17 #173B5C

square

#5B175C #5C3817 #185C17 #173B5C

split-complementary

#5B175C #3B5C17 #175C38

monochromatic

#180618 #2B0B2B #5B175C #8B238D #BC2FBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.20

#5B175C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#5B175C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B175C

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B175C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B175C	1.00	12.20	1.72	12.20
#FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A305E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28385A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2138

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b175c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 23, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.131 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5c8a',
    500: '#5b175c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b175c;
$custom-light: #8c5c8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b175c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.13,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34768,
    "c": 0.13114,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B175C

secondary

#3D933C

accent

#E34547

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B175C

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

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