#5B1972#5B1972

#5B1972 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.149 H 315.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1972
RGB	rgb(91, 25, 114)
HSL	hsl(284, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(284, 78%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 78.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.11, 43.44, -37.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.11, 57.10, 319.54°)
OKLab	oklab(36.51% 0.1067 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(36.51% 0.149 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.6988, 4.1346, 16.3088)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1972 #307219

analogous

#2E1972 #5B1972 #72195D

triadic

#5B1972 #725B19 #19725B

tetradic

#5B1972 #722E19 #307219 #195D72

square

#5B1972 #722E19 #307219 #195D72

split-complementary

#5B1972 #5D7219 #19722E

monochromatic

#140619 #330E40 #5B1972 #8324A4 #A933D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.50

#5B1972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#5B1972 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1972

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1972	1.00	11.50	1.83	11.50
#FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173B70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592C44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 25, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.149 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5d9b',
    500: '#5b1972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1972;
$custom-light: #8d5d9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.494,
    "s": 64.029,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36511,
    "c": 0.14929,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1972

secondary

#5AA740

accent

#E7416C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D050E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1972

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

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