#5B2D71#5B2D71

#5B2D71 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.119 H 313.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B2D71
RGB	rgb(91, 45, 113)
HSL	hsl(281, 43%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(281, 60%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 60.2%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.55, 33.49, -30.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.55, 45.57, 317.31°)
OKLab	oklab(38.97% 0.082 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(38.97% 0.119 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.2329, 5.2934, 16.2076)
Luminance	0.0529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B2D71 #43712D

analogous

#392D71 #5B2D71 #712D65

triadic

#5B2D71 #715B2D #2D715B

tetradic

#5B2D71 #71392D #43712D #2D6571

square

#5B2D71 #71392D #43712D #2D6571

split-complementary

#5B2D71 #65712D #2D7139

monochromatic

#150A19 #381C45 #5B2D71 #7E3E9D #9E5BBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.20

#5B2D71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#5B2D71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B2D71

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B2D71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B2D71	1.00	10.20	2.06	10.20
#FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#193F73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A426F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59394A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b2d71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 45, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.119 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b689a',
    500: '#5b2d71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b2d71;
$custom-light: #8b689a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b2d71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.588,
    "s": 43.038,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38969,
    "c": 0.11921,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B2D71

secondary

#70A357

accent

#D3557E

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C060E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B2D71

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

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