#5B1877#5B1877

#5B1877 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.155 H 313.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1877
RGB	rgb(91, 24, 119)
HSL	hsl(282, 66%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(282, 80%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.5%, 79.8%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.35, 44.92, -39.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.35, 60.06, 318.41°)
OKLab	oklab(36.8% 0.1068 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(36.8% 0.155 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.9702, 4.2096, 17.8419)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1877 #347718

analogous

#2B1877 #5B1877 #771863

triadic

#5B1877 #775B18 #18775B

tetradic

#5B1877 #772B18 #347718 #186377

square

#5B1877 #772B18 #347718 #186377

split-complementary

#5B1877 #637718 #18772B

monochromatic

#130519 #340E44 #5B1877 #8222AA #A633D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#5B1877 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#5B1877 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1877

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1877	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1877	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E3B75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582E47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1877;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 24, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.155 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5d9f',
    500: '#5b1877',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1877;
$custom-light: #8d5d9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1877",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.316,
    "s": 66.434,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.368,
    "c": 0.15527,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1877

secondary

#5FAC3F

accent

#E93E71

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D050E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1877

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

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