#5B176F#5B176F

#5B176F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.149 H 317.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B176F
RGB	rgb(91, 23, 111)
HSL	hsl(286, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(286, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 79.3%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.62, 43.58, -35.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.62, 56.47, 320.51°)
OKLab	oklab(36.09% 0.1091 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(36.09% 0.149 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.4896, 3.9850, 15.4105)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B176F #2B6F17

analogous

#2F176F #5B176F #6F1757

triadic

#5B176F #6F5B17 #176F5B

tetradic

#5B176F #6F2F17 #2B6F17 #17576F

square

#5B176F #6F2F17 #2B6F17 #17576F

split-complementary

#5B176F #576F17 #176F2F

monochromatic

#150519 #310C3C #5B176F #8522A2 #AE2DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.69

#5B176F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#5B176F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B176F

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B176F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B176F	1.00	11.69	1.80	11.69
#FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193A6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A2A42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b176f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 23, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.149 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5c99',
    500: '#5b176f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b176f;
$custom-light: #8d5c99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b176f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.364,
    "s": 65.672,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36094,
    "c": 0.14871,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B176F

secondary

#55A53D

accent

#E93F66

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B176F

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

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