#5B175F#5B175F

#5B175F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.134 H 325.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B175F
RGB	rgb(91, 23, 95)
HSL	hsl(297, 61%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(297, 76%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 75.8%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.53, 40.34, -27.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.53, 48.67, 325.98°)
OKLab	oklab(34.96% 0.1104 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(34.96% 0.134 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.6862, 3.6636, 11.1792)
Luminance	0.0366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B175F #1B5F17

analogous

#37175F #5B175F #5F173F

triadic

#5B175F #5F5B17 #175F5B

tetradic

#5B175F #5F3717 #1B5F17 #173F5F

square

#5B175F #5F3717 #1B5F17 #173F5F

split-complementary

#5B175F #3F5F17 #175F37

monochromatic

#180619 #2C0B2E #5B175F #8A2390 #B92FC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.12

#5B175F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#5B175F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B175F

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B175F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B175F	1.00	12.12	1.73	12.12
#FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#053061

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26395D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2339

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b175f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 23, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.134 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5c8d',
    500: '#5b175f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b175f;
$custom-light: #8c5c8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b175f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.667,
    "s": 61.017,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34964,
    "c": 0.13383,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B175F

secondary

#41963C

accent

#E4444D

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B175F

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

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