#5B1970#5B1970

#5B1970 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.147 H 316.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1970
RGB	rgb(91, 25, 112)
HSL	hsl(286, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(286, 78%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 77.7%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.97, 43.01, -36.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.97, 56.09, 320.07°)
OKLab	oklab(36.36% 0.1069 -0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(36.36% 0.147 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.5862, 4.0896, 15.7159)
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

#5B1970 #2E7019

analogous

#2F1970 #5B1970 #70195A

triadic

#5B1970 #705B19 #19705B

tetradic

#5B1970 #702F19 #2E7019 #195A70

square

#5B1970 #702F19 #2E7019 #195A70

split-complementary

#5B1970 #5A7019 #19702F

monochromatic

#140619 #320E3E #5B1970 #8424A2 #AB32D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.55

#5B1970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#5B1970 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1970

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1970	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)

#003572

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193B6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A2C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 25, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.147 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5d9a',
    500: '#5b1970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1970;
$custom-light: #8d5d9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.517,
    "s": 63.504,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36361,
    "c": 0.14735,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1970

secondary

#58A540

accent

#E74169

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1970

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

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