#5B2873#5B2873

#5B2873 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.130 H 313.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2873
RGB	rgb(91, 40, 115)
HSL	hsl(281, 48%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(281, 65%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 65.2%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.68, 36.69, -33.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.68, 49.73, 317.53°)
OKLab	oklab(38.37% 0.0889 -0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(38.37% 0.13 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.1672, 4.9798, 16.7473)
Luminance	0.0498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2873 #407328

analogous

#352873 #5B2873 #732865

triadic

#5B2873 #735B28 #28735B

tetradic

#5B2873 #733528 #407328 #286573

square

#5B2873 #733528 #407328 #286573

split-complementary

#5B2873 #657328 #287335

monochromatic

#130818 #371846 #5B2873 #7F38A0 #9F52C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.52

#5B2873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#5B2873 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2873

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2873	1.00	10.52	2.00	10.52
#FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A3C75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#244071

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#593649

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 40, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.130 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c659c',
    500: '#5b2873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2873;
$custom-light: #8c659c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.8,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38371,
    "c": 0.12965,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2873

secondary

#6CA552

accent

#D8507B

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C060E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2873

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

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