#5B2373#5B2373

#5B2373 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.137 H 314.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2373
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 115)
HSL	hsl(282, 53%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(282, 70%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 69.6%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.76, 39.23, -35.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.76, 52.60, 318.22°)
OKLab	oklab(37.71% 0.0953 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(37.71% 0.137 314)
XYZ	xyz(8.0094, 4.6643, 16.6947)
Luminance	0.0466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 5.84

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2373 #3B7323

analogous

#332373 #5B2373 #732363

triadic

#5B2373 #735B23 #23735B

tetradic

#5B2373 #733323 #3B7323 #236373

square

#5B2373 #733323 #3B7323 #236373

split-complementary

#5B2373 #637323 #237333

monochromatic

#130717 #361544 #5B2373 #8031A2 #A249C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.87

#5B2373 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#5B2373 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2373

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2373	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2373	1.00	10.87	1.93	10.87
#FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3E71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#593348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2373;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.137 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c639c',
    500: '#5b2373',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2373;
$custom-light: #8c639c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2373",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37707,
    "c": 0.13718,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.04664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2373

secondary

#67A64C

accent

#DD4B77

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2373

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

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