#5B176C#5B176C

#5B176C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.146 H 318.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B176C
RGB	rgb(91, 23, 108)
HSL	hsl(288, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(288, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 78.7%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.41, 42.95, -34.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.41, 54.98, 321.37°)
OKLab	oklab(35.87% 0.1095 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(35.87% 0.146 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.3272, 3.9200, 14.5551)
Luminance	0.0392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B176C #286C17

analogous

#30176C #5B176C #6C1752

triadic

#5B176C #6C5B17 #176C5B

tetradic

#5B176C #6C3017 #286C17 #17526C

square

#5B176C #6C3017 #286C17 #17526C

split-complementary

#5B176C #526C17 #176C30

monochromatic

#150519 #300C3A #5B176C #86229E #B02CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.77

#5B176C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#5B176C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B176C

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B176C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B176C	1.00	11.77	1.78	11.77
#FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3A6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B2940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b176c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 23, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.146 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5c97',
    500: '#5b176c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b176c;
$custom-light: #8d5c97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b176c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35872,
    "c": 0.14588,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B176C

secondary

#51A23D

accent

#E84062

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B176C

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

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