#5B1879#5B1879

#5B1879 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.157 H 312.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1879
RGB	rgb(91, 24, 121)
HSL	hsl(281, 67%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(281, 80%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 80.2%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.51, 45.36, -40.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.51, 61.07, 317.96°)
OKLab	oklab(36.96% 0.1064 -0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(36.96% 0.157 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.0916, 4.2581, 18.4811)
Luminance	0.0426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1879 #367918

analogous

#2A1879 #5B1879 #791866

triadic

#5B1879 #795B18 #18795B

tetradic

#5B1879 #792A18 #367918 #186679

square

#5B1879 #792A18 #367918 #186679

split-complementary

#5B1879 #667918 #18792A

monochromatic

#13051A #350E46 #5B1879 #8122AC #A535D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.34

#5B1879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#5B1879 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1879

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1879	1.00	11.34	1.85	11.34
#FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#093C77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#582F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 24, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.157 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5da0',
    500: '#5b1879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1879;
$custom-light: #8d5da0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.443,
    "s": 66.897,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36958,
    "c": 0.15721,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1879

secondary

#61AE3F

accent

#EA3E73

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1879

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

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