#5B177D#5B177D

#5B177D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.162 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B177D
RGB	rgb(91, 23, 125)
HSL	hsl(280, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 81.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.70, 46.61, -43.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.70, 63.50, 317.22°)
OKLab	oklab(37.19% 0.1064 -0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(37.19% 0.162 311)
XYZ	xyz(8.3217, 4.3178, 19.7931)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B177D #397D17

analogous

#28177D #5B177D #7D176C

triadic

#5B177D #7D5B17 #177D5B

tetradic

#5B177D #7D2817 #397D17 #176C7D

square

#5B177D #7D2817 #397D17 #176C7D

split-complementary

#5B177D #6C7D17 #177D28

monochromatic

#13051A #350D49 #5B177D #8121B1 #A335DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.27

#5B177D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#5B177D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B177D

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B177D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B177D	1.00	11.27	1.86	11.27
#FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56304A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b177d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 23, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.162 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5da3',
    500: '#5b177d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b177d;
$custom-light: #8e5da3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b177d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 68.919,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37189,
    "c": 0.16212,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.04318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B177D

secondary

#65B23E

accent

#EC3C77

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B177D

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

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