#5B1971#5B1971

#5B1971 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.148 H 316.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1971
RGB	rgb(91, 25, 113)
HSL	hsl(285, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(285, 78%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 77.9%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.04, 43.23, -36.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.04, 56.60, 319.80°)
OKLab	oklab(36.44% 0.1068 -0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(36.44% 0.148 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.6422, 4.1120, 16.0107)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1971 #2F7119

analogous

#2F1971 #5B1971 #71195B

triadic

#5B1971 #715B19 #19715B

tetradic

#5B1971 #712F19 #2F7119 #195B71

square

#5B1971 #712F19 #2F7119 #195B71

split-complementary

#5B1971 #5B7119 #19712F

monochromatic

#140619 #330E3F #5B1971 #8324A3 #AA33D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#5B1971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#5B1971 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1971

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1971	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183B6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A2C44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 25, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.148 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5d9a',
    500: '#5b1971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1971;
$custom-light: #8d5d9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 63.768,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36435,
    "c": 0.14832,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1971

secondary

#59A640

accent

#E7416A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1971

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

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