#5B176B#5B176B

#5B176B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.145 H 319.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B176B
RGB	rgb(91, 23, 107)
HSL	hsl(289, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(289, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 78.5%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.33, 42.74, -33.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.33, 54.48, 321.67°)
OKLab	oklab(35.8% 0.1096 -0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(35.8% 0.145 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.2743, 3.8988, 14.2765)
Luminance	0.0390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B176B #276B17

analogous

#31176B #5B176B #6B1751

triadic

#5B176B #6B5B17 #176B5B

tetradic

#5B176B #6B3117 #276B17 #17516B

square

#5B176B #6B3117 #276B17 #17516B

split-complementary

#5B176B #516B17 #176B31

monochromatic

#150519 #300C39 #5B176B #86229D #B12DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.80

#5B176B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#5B176B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B176B

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B176B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B176B	1.00	11.80	1.78	11.80
#FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3A69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B2840

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b176b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 23, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.145 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5c96',
    500: '#5b176b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b176b;
$custom-light: #8d5c96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b176b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.571,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35799,
    "c": 0.14494,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B176B

secondary

#50A13D

accent

#E84060

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B176B

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

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