#5B2572#5B2572

#5B2572 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.133 H 314.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2572
RGB	rgb(91, 37, 114)
HSL	hsl(282, 51%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(282, 68%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 67.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.05, 38.00, -33.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.05, 50.96, 318.23°)
OKLab	oklab(37.89% 0.0929 -0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(37.89% 0.133 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.0127, 4.7624, 16.4135)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 5.86

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2572 #3C7225

analogous

#352572 #5B2572 #722563

triadic

#5B2572 #725B25 #25725B

tetradic

#5B2572 #723525 #3C7225 #256372

square

#5B2572 #723525 #3C7225 #256372

split-complementary

#5B2572 #637225 #257235

monochromatic

#120717 #361644 #5B2572 #8034A0 #A14CC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.76

#5B2572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#5B2572 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2572

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2572	1.00	10.76	1.95	10.76
#FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#033B74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#223F70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#593448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 37, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.133 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c649b',
    500: '#5b2572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2572;
$custom-light: #8c649b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.078,
    "s": 50.993,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37894,
    "c": 0.13315,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2572

secondary

#68A54E

accent

#DA4D77

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2572

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

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