#5B1872#5B1872

#5B1872 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.150 H 315.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1872
RGB	rgb(91, 24, 114)
HSL	hsl(285, 65%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(285, 79%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 78.9%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.98, 43.83, -37.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.98, 57.54, 319.62°)
OKLab	oklab(36.41% 0.1077 -0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(36.41% 0.15 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.6778, 4.0926, 16.3018)
Luminance	0.0409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1872 #2F7218

analogous

#2E1872 #5B1872 #72185C

triadic

#5B1872 #725B18 #18725B

tetradic

#5B1872 #722E18 #2F7218 #185C72

square

#5B1872 #722E18 #2F7218 #185C72

split-complementary

#5B1872 #5C7218 #18722E

monochromatic

#140519 #330D3F #5B1872 #8323A5 #AA31D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.55

#5B1872 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#5B1872 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1872

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1872	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1872	1.00	11.55	1.82	11.55
#FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#163B70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592C44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1872;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 24, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.150 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5d9b',
    500: '#5b1872',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1872;
$custom-light: #8d5d9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1872",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.667,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36414,
    "c": 0.15044,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1872

secondary

#59A73E

accent

#E8406B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D050E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1872

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

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