#5B1973#5B1973

#5B1973 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.150 H 315.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1973
RGB	rgb(91, 25, 115)
HSL	hsl(284, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(284, 78%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 78.3%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.19, 43.66, -37.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.19, 57.60, 319.28°)
OKLab	oklab(36.59% 0.1065 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(36.59% 0.15 315.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7560, 4.1575, 16.6103)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1973 #317319

analogous

#2E1973 #5B1973 #73195E

triadic

#5B1973 #735B19 #19735B

tetradic

#5B1973 #732E19 #317319 #195E73

square

#5B1973 #732E19 #317319 #195E73

split-complementary

#5B1973 #5E7319 #19732E

monochromatic

#140519 #330E41 #5B1973 #8324A5 #A834D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#5B1973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#5B1973 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1973

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1973	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003675

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#153B71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#592D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 25, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.150 315.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5e9c',
    500: '#5b1973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1973;
$custom-light: #8d5e9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36586,
    "c": 0.15026,
    "h": 315.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1973

secondary

#5CA840

accent

#E7416D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D050E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1973

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

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