#5B00FF#5B00FF

#5B00FF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.295 H 281.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B00FF
RGB	rgb(91, 0, 255)
HSL	hsl(261, 100%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(261, 100%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 100%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.82, 80.97, -100.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.82, 128.82, 308.94°)
OKLab	oklab(49.4% 0.0604 -0.2887)
OKLCH	oklch(49.4% 0.295 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.3587, 9.4424, 95.2327)
Luminance	0.0944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B00FF #A4FF00

analogous

#0024FF #5B00FF #DB00FF

triadic

#5B00FF #FF5B00 #00FF5B

tetradic

#5B00FF #FF0024 #A4FF00 #00FFDB

square

#5B00FF #FF0024 #A4FF00 #00FFDB

split-complementary

#5B00FF #FFDB00 #24FF00

monochromatic

#2F0085 #4500C2 #5B00FF #823DFF #AA7AFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#5B00FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#5B00FF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B00FF

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B00FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B00FF	1.00	7.27	2.89	7.27
#FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EFB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b00ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 0, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.295 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a063ff',
    500: '#5b00ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b00ff;
$custom-light: #a063ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b00ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 0,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.412,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49396,
    "c": 0.29498,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B00FF

secondary

#BEE774

accent

#FF29B3

background

#FBF6FF

surface

#F6EBFF

border

#D0C6D7

text

#110618

muted

#807A86

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B00FF

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

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