#5B2175#5B2175

#5B2175 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.142 H 313.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2175
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 117)
HSL	hsl(281, 56%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(281, 72%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 71.8%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.55, 40.64, -36.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.55, 54.73, 317.95°)
OKLab	oklab(37.61% 0.0976 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(37.61% 0.142 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.0686, 4.5965, 17.2883)
Luminance	0.0460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2175 #3B7521

analogous

#312175 #5B2175 #752165

triadic

#5B2175 #755B21 #21755B

tetradic

#5B2175 #753121 #3B7521 #216575

square

#5B2175 #753121 #3B7521 #216575

split-complementary

#5B2175 #657521 #217531

monochromatic

#130718 #361445 #5B2175 #802EA5 #A246CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.94

#5B2175 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#5B2175 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2175

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2175	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2175	1.00	10.94	1.92	10.94
#FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003977

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3E73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#583248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2175;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.142 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c629d',
    500: '#5b2175',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2175;
$custom-light: #8c629d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2175",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.429,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37606,
    "c": 0.14213,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2175

secondary

#67A84A

accent

#DF4977

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2175

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

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