#5B0E8D#5B0E8D

#5B0E8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.184 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B0E8D
RGB	rgb(91, 14, 141)
HSL	hsl(276, 82%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(276, 90%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 90.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.14, 52.89, -52.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.14, 74.49, 315.24°)
OKLab	oklab(37.92% 0.1078 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(37.92% 0.184 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.2781, 4.4614, 25.5665)
Luminance	0.0446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.42

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B0E8D #408D0E

analogous

#1C0E8D #5B0E8D #8D0E7F

triadic

#5B0E8D #8D5B0E #0E8D5B

tetradic

#5B0E8D #8D1C0E #408D0E #0E7F8D

square

#5B0E8D #8D1C0E #408D0E #0E7F8D

split-complementary

#5B0E8D #7F8D0E #0E8D1C

monochromatic

#13031E #370855 #5B0E8D #7F14C5 #9F2BEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.10

#5B0E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#5B0E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B0E8D

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B0E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B0E8D	1.00	11.10	1.89	11.10
#FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b0e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 14, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.184 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5baf',
    500: '#5b0e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b0e8d;
$custom-light: #8f5baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b0e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.378,
    "s": 81.935,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37925,
    "c": 0.18441,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B0E8D

secondary

#6CC235

accent

#F8307F

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2E9F5

border

#CCC5CF

text

#0D0410

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B0E8D

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

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