#5B1779#5B1779

#5B1779 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.158 H 312.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1779
RGB	rgb(91, 23, 121)
HSL	hsl(282, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(282, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 81%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.38, 45.73, -41.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.38, 61.49, 318.05°)
OKLab	oklab(36.87% 0.1073 -0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(36.87% 0.158 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.0713, 4.2177, 18.4744)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1779 #357917

analogous

#2A1779 #5B1779 #791766

triadic

#5B1779 #795B17 #17795B

tetradic

#5B1779 #792A17 #357917 #176679

square

#5B1779 #792A17 #357917 #176679

split-complementary

#5B1779 #667917 #17792A

monochromatic

#13051A #340D46 #5B1779 #8221AC #A532D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#5B1779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#5B1779 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1779

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1779	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#073B77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 23, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.158 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5da0',
    500: '#5b1779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1779;
$custom-light: #8d5da0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.633,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36867,
    "c": 0.15826,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1779

secondary

#60AE3E

accent

#EB3D72

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1779

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

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