#5B2573#5B2573

#5B2573 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.134 H 313.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2573
RGB	rgb(91, 37, 115)
HSL	hsl(282, 51%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(282, 68%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 67.8%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.11, 38.23, -34.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.11, 51.48, 317.96°)
OKLab	oklab(37.96% 0.0928 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(37.96% 0.134 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.0699, 4.7853, 16.7149)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 5.93

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2573 #3D7325

analogous

#342573 #5B2573 #732564

triadic

#5B2573 #735B25 #25735B

tetradic

#5B2573 #733425 #3D7325 #256473

square

#5B2573 #733425 #3D7325 #256473

split-complementary

#5B2573 #647325 #257334

monochromatic

#120717 #361645 #5B2573 #8034A1 #A04DC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#5B2573 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#5B2573 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2573

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2573	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2573	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#013B75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#213F71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#593448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2573;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 37, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.134 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c649c',
    500: '#5b2573',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2573;
$custom-light: #8c649c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2573",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.538,
    "s": 51.316,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37965,
    "c": 0.13424,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2573

secondary

#69A64E

accent

#DB4D79

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C060E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2573

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

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