#5B2176#5B2176

#5B2176 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.143 H 312.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2176
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 118)
HSL	hsl(281, 56%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(281, 72%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 72%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.62, 40.87, -37.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.62, 55.25, 317.71°)
OKLab	oklab(37.68% 0.0975 -0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(37.68% 0.143 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.1277, 4.6201, 17.5997)
Luminance	0.0462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2176 #3C7621

analogous

#312176 #5B2176 #762167

triadic

#5B2176 #765B21 #21765B

tetradic

#5B2176 #763121 #3C7621 #216776

square

#5B2176 #763121 #3C7621 #216776

split-complementary

#5B2176 #677621 #217631

monochromatic

#120718 #361446 #5B2176 #802EA6 #A146CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.91

#5B2176 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#5B2176 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2176

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2176	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2176	1.00	10.91	1.92	10.91
#FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3E74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#583349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2176;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.143 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d629e',
    500: '#5b2176',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2176;
$custom-light: #8d629e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2176",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.941,
    "s": 56.291,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37679,
    "c": 0.14318,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2176

secondary

#68A94A

accent

#E04878

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2176

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

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