#5B375E#5B375E

#5B375E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.078 H 324.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B375E
RGB	rgb(91, 55, 94)
HSL	hsl(295, 26%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(295, 41%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 41.5%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.81, 23.20, -16.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.81, 28.59, 324.24°)
OKLab	oklab(39.57% 0.0633 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(39.57% 0.078 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7008, 5.7650, 11.2946)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B375E #3A5E37

analogous

#48375E #5B375E #5E374E

triadic

#5B375E #5E5B37 #375E5B

tetradic

#5B375E #5E4837 #3A5E37 #374E5E

square

#5B375E #5E4837 #3A5E37 #374E5E

split-complementary

#5B375E #4E5E37 #375E48

monochromatic

#130B13 #362037 #5B375E #804E85 #A268A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.75

#5B375E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#5B375E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B375E

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B375E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B375E	1.00	9.75	2.15	9.75
#FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#33415F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C455D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D3B46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b375e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 55, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.078 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6f8b',
    500: '#5b375e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b375e;
$custom-light: #8a6f8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b375e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.385,
    "s": 26.174,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39567,
    "c": 0.07803,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B375E

secondary

#668E62

accent

#C3656C

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#F0ECF0

border

#CBC7CB

text

#0C070C

muted

#7D7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B375E

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

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