#5B175E#5B175E

#5B175E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.133 H 326.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B175E
RGB	rgb(91, 23, 94)
HSL	hsl(297, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(297, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 75.5%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.46, 40.15, -26.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.46, 48.20, 326.41°)
OKLab	oklab(34.9% 0.1104 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(34.9% 0.133 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.6410, 3.6455, 10.9414)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B175E #1A5E17

analogous

#37175E #5B175E #5E173D

triadic

#5B175E #5E5B17 #175E5B

tetradic

#5B175E #5E3717 #1A5E17 #173D5E

square

#5B175E #5E3717 #1A5E17 #173D5E

split-complementary

#5B175E #3D5E17 #175E37

monochromatic

#180619 #2B0B2D #5B175E #8B238F #BA2FC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.15

#5B175E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#5B175E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B175E

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B175E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B175E	1.00	12.15	1.73	12.15
#FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#073060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27395C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2239

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b175e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 23, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.133 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5c8c',
    500: '#5b175e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b175e;
$custom-light: #8c5c8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b175e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.465,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34898,
    "c": 0.13293,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B175E

secondary

#40953C

accent

#E4444B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B175E

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

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