#5B2372#5B2372

#5B2372 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.136 H 314.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2372
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 114)
HSL	hsl(283, 53%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(283, 69%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 69.3%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.69, 39.00, -34.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.69, 52.08, 318.48°)
OKLab	oklab(37.64% 0.0954 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(37.64% 0.136 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.9522, 4.6414, 16.3933)
Luminance	0.0464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 5.76

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2372 #3A7223

analogous

#342372 #5B2372 #722362

triadic

#5B2372 #725B23 #23725B

tetradic

#5B2372 #723423 #3A7223 #236272

square

#5B2372 #723423 #3A7223 #236272

split-complementary

#5B2372 #627223 #237234

monochromatic

#130717 #361543 #5B2372 #8031A1 #A248C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.89

#5B2372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#5B2372 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2372

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2372	1.00	10.89	1.93	10.89
#FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203E70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#593247

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.136 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c629b',
    500: '#5b2372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2372;
$custom-light: #8c629b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.532,
    "s": 53.02,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37636,
    "c": 0.13611,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2372

secondary

#66A54C

accent

#DC4B76

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2372

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

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