#5B1D79#5B1D79

#5B1D79 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.151 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1D79
RGB	rgb(91, 29, 121)
HSL	hsl(280, 61%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 76%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 76%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.21, 43.34, -39.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.21, 58.82, 317.47°)
OKLab	oklab(37.45% 0.1015 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(37.45% 0.151 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2043, 4.4836, 18.5187)
Luminance	0.0448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1D79 #3B791D

analogous

#2D1D79 #5B1D79 #791D69

triadic

#5B1D79 #795B1D #1D795B

tetradic

#5B1D79 #792D1D #3B791D #1D6979

square

#5B1D79 #792D1D #3B791D #1D6979

split-complementary

#5B1D79 #69791D #1D792D

monochromatic

#130619 #361148 #5B1D79 #8029AA #A23FD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.07

#5B1D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#5B1D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1D79

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1D79	1.00	11.07	1.90	11.07
#FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#113D77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#573249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 29, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.151 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d60a0',
    500: '#5b1d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1d79;
$custom-light: #8d60a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.435,
    "s": 61.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37454,
    "c": 0.15146,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1D79

secondary

#67AD45

accent

#E44378

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1D79

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

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