#5B1960#5B1960

#5B1960 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.132 H 324.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1960
RGB	rgb(91, 25, 96)
HSL	hsl(296, 59%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(296, 74%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 74%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.88, 39.72, -27.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.88, 48.22, 325.47°)
OKLab	oklab(35.24% 0.1081 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(35.24% 0.132 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.7732, 3.7644, 11.4339)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1960 #1E6019

analogous

#371960 #5B1960 #601941

triadic

#5B1960 #605B19 #19605B

tetradic

#5B1960 #603719 #1E6019 #194160

square

#5B1960 #603719 #1E6019 #194160

split-complementary

#5B1960 #416019 #196037

monochromatic

#170618 #2D0C2F #5B1960 #892691 #B732C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#5B1960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#5B1960 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1960

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1960	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#073162

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27395E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D253A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 25, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.132 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5d8d',
    500: '#5b1960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1960;
$custom-light: #8c5d8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.775,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35236,
    "c": 0.13216,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1960

secondary

#45963F

accent

#E24651

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1960

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

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