#5B2575#5B2575

#5B2575 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.136 H 312.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2575
RGB	rgb(91, 37, 117)
HSL	hsl(281, 52%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(281, 68%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 68.4%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.25, 38.70, -35.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.25, 52.54, 317.44°)
OKLab	oklab(38.11% 0.0927 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(38.11% 0.136 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1863, 4.8319, 17.3276)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 6.10

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2575 #3F7525

analogous

#332575 #5B2575 #752567

triadic

#5B2575 #755B25 #25755B

tetradic

#5B2575 #753325 #3F7525 #256775

square

#5B2575 #753325 #3F7525 #256775

split-complementary

#5B2575 #677525 #257533

monochromatic

#130818 #371647 #5B2575 #7F34A3 #9F4EC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#5B2575 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#5B2575 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2575

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2575	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2575	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3F73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#583549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2575;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 37, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.136 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c649d',
    500: '#5b2575',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2575;
$custom-light: #8c649d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2575",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.5,
    "s": 51.948,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38106,
    "c": 0.13643,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2575

secondary

#6BA84E

accent

#DB4C7B

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C060E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2575

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

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