#5B176A#5B176A

#5B176A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.144 H 319.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B176A
RGB	rgb(91, 23, 106)
HSL	hsl(289, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(289, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 78.3%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.26, 42.54, -33.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.26, 53.99, 321.98°)
OKLab	oklab(35.73% 0.1097 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(35.73% 0.144 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.2220, 3.8779, 14.0010)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B176A #266A17

analogous

#32176A #5B176A #6A174F

triadic

#5B176A #6A5B17 #176A5B

tetradic

#5B176A #6A3217 #266A17 #174F6A

square

#5B176A #6A3217 #266A17 #174F6A

split-complementary

#5B176A #4F6A17 #176A32

monochromatic

#160519 #300C38 #5B176A #86229C #B12DCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.83

#5B176A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#5B176A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B176A

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B176A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B176A	1.00	11.83	1.78	11.83
#FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3A68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B283F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b176a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 23, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.144 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5c95',
    500: '#5b176a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b176a;
$custom-light: #8d5c95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b176a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.157,
    "s": 64.341,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35726,
    "c": 0.144,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B176A

secondary

#4FA03D

accent

#E7405F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B176A

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

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