#5B1769#5B1769

#5B1769 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.143 H 320.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1769
RGB	rgb(91, 23, 105)
HSL	hsl(290, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(290, 78%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 78.1%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.19, 42.33, -32.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.19, 53.50, 322.30°)
OKLab	oklab(35.65% 0.1098 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(35.65% 0.143 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.1703, 3.8572, 13.7287)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1769 #256917

analogous

#321769 #5B1769 #69174E

triadic

#5B1769 #695B17 #17695B

tetradic

#5B1769 #693217 #256917 #174E69

square

#5B1769 #693217 #256917 #174E69

split-complementary

#5B1769 #4E6917 #176932

monochromatic

#160519 #2F0C37 #5B1769 #87229B #B22DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#5B1769 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#5B1769 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1769

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1769	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1769	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3A67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B273F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1769;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 23, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.143 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5c94',
    500: '#5b1769',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1769;
$custom-light: #8c5c94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1769",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.756,
    "s": 64.063,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35654,
    "c": 0.14306,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1769

secondary

#4D9F3D

accent

#E7415D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F1

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1769

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

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