#5B187A#5B187A

#5B187A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.158 H 312.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B187A
RGB	rgb(91, 24, 122)
HSL	hsl(281, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(281, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 80.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.59, 45.58, -41.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.59, 61.58, 317.75°)
OKLab	oklab(37.04% 0.1062 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(37.04% 0.158 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.1532, 4.2828, 18.8057)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B187A #377A18

analogous

#2A187A #5B187A #7A1868

triadic

#5B187A #7A5B18 #187A5B

tetradic

#5B187A #7A2A18 #377A18 #18687A

square

#5B187A #7A2A18 #377A18 #18687A

split-complementary

#5B187A #687A18 #187A2A

monochromatic

#13051A #350E47 #5B187A #8122AD #A435D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.31

#5B187A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#5B187A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B187A

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B187A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B187A	1.00	11.31	1.86	11.31
#FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#063C78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#573049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b187a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 24, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.158 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5da1',
    500: '#5b187a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b187a;
$custom-light: #8d5da1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b187a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.02,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37037,
    "c": 0.15818,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B187A

secondary

#62AF3F

accent

#EA3E74

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B187A

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

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