#5B175D#5B175D

#5B175D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.132 H 326.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B175D
RGB	rgb(91, 23, 93)
HSL	hsl(298, 60%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(298, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 75.3%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.40, 39.96, -26.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.40, 47.73, 326.84°)
OKLab	oklab(34.83% 0.1104 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(34.83% 0.132 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.5964, 3.6277, 10.7066)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B175D #195D17

analogous

#38175D #5B175D #5D173C

triadic

#5B175D #5D5B17 #175D5B

tetradic

#5B175D #5D3817 #195D17 #173C5D

square

#5B175D #5D3817 #195D17 #173C5D

split-complementary

#5B175D #3C5D17 #175D38

monochromatic

#180619 #2B0B2C #5B175D #8B238E #BB2FBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#5B175D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#5B175D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B175D

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B175D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B175D	1.00	12.17	1.73	12.17
#FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#08305F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28395B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2238

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b175d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 23, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.132 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5c8b',
    500: '#5b175d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b175d;
$custom-light: #8c5c8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b175d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.286,
    "s": 60.345,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34833,
    "c": 0.13203,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B175D

secondary

#3F943C

accent

#E34449

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B175D

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

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