#5B1859#5B1859

#5B1859 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.127 H 329.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1859
RGB	rgb(91, 24, 89)
HSL	hsl(302, 58%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(302, 74%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.6%, 2.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.30, 38.80, -23.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.30, 45.42, 328.68°)
OKLab	oklab(34.68% 0.1092 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(34.68% 0.127 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.4441, 3.5992, 9.8046)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1859 #185B1A

analogous

#3B185B #5B1859 #5B1837

triadic

#5B1859 #595B18 #18595B

tetradic

#5B1859 #5B3B18 #185B1A #18375B

square

#5B1859 #5B3B18 #185B1A #18375B

split-complementary

#5B1859 #375B18 #185B3B

monochromatic

#180618 #2B0B2A #5B1859 #8B2588 #BC32B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.21

#5B1859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#5B1859 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1859

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1859	1.00	12.21	1.72	12.21
#FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#10305B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A3857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2136

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 24, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.127 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5c88',
    500: '#5b1859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1859;
$custom-light: #8c5c88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.791,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34682,
    "c": 0.12715,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1859

secondary

#3D9240

accent

#E14B46

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1859

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

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