#5B177A#5B177A

#5B177A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.159 H 312.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B177A
RGB	rgb(91, 23, 122)
HSL	hsl(281, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(281, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 81.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.46, 45.95, -41.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.46, 61.99, 317.83°)
OKLab	oklab(36.95% 0.1071 -0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(36.95% 0.159 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.1330, 4.2423, 18.7990)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B177A #367A17

analogous

#29177A #5B177A #7A1767

triadic

#5B177A #7A5B17 #177A5B

tetradic

#5B177A #7A2917 #367A17 #17677A

square

#5B177A #7A2917 #367A17 #17677A

split-complementary

#5B177A #677A17 #177A29

monochromatic

#13051A #350D47 #5B177A #8121AD #A533D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#5B177A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#5B177A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B177A

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B177A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B177A	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#053B78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b177a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 23, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.159 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5da1',
    500: '#5b177a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b177a;
$custom-light: #8d5da1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b177a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.212,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36947,
    "c": 0.15922,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B177A

secondary

#61AF3E

accent

#EB3D73

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B177A

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

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