#5B1979#5B1979

#5B1979 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.156 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1979
RGB	rgb(91, 25, 121)
HSL	hsl(281, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(281, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 79.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.64, 44.97, -40.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.64, 60.64, 317.87°)
OKLab	oklab(37.05% 0.1055 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(37.05% 0.156 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.1126, 4.3001, 18.4881)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1979 #377919

analogous

#2B1979 #5B1979 #791967

triadic

#5B1979 #795B19 #19795B

tetradic

#5B1979 #792B19 #377919 #196779

square

#5B1979 #792B19 #377919 #196779

split-complementary

#5B1979 #677919 #19792B

monochromatic

#130519 #350F46 #5B1979 #8123AC #A437D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.29

#5B1979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#5B1979 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1979

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1979	1.00	11.29	1.86	11.29
#FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B3C77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#573048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 25, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.156 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ea0',
    500: '#5b1979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1979;
$custom-light: #8d5ea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.25,
    "s": 65.753,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37051,
    "c": 0.15611,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1979

secondary

#62AE40

accent

#E93F74

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1979

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

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