#5B1A79#5B1A79

#5B1A79 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.155 H 312.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1A79
RGB	rgb(91, 26, 121)
HSL	hsl(281, 65%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(281, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 78.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.78, 44.58, -40.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.78, 60.20, 317.78°)
OKLab	oklab(37.15% 0.1045 -0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(37.15% 0.155 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.1343, 4.3436, 18.4954)
Luminance	0.0434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1A79 #38791A

analogous

#2C1A79 #5B1A79 #791A68

triadic

#5B1A79 #795B1A #1A795B

tetradic

#5B1A79 #792C1A #38791A #1A6879

square

#5B1A79 #792C1A #38791A #1A6879

split-complementary

#5B1A79 #68791A #1A792C

monochromatic

#130519 #350F47 #5B1A79 #8125AB #A339D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.24

#5B1A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#5B1A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1A79

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1A79	1.00	11.24	1.87	11.24
#FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C3C77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#573049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 26, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.155 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ea0',
    500: '#5b1a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1a79;
$custom-light: #8d5ea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.053,
    "s": 64.626,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37148,
    "c": 0.15499,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1A79

secondary

#64AD41

accent

#E84075

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1A79

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →