#5B0E8E#5B0E8E

#5B0E8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.185 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B0E8E
RGB	rgb(91, 14, 142)
HSL	hsl(276, 82%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 90%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 90.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.23, 53.11, -52.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.23, 74.98, 315.10°)
OKLab	oklab(38.02% 0.1075 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(38.02% 0.185 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3528, 4.4913, 25.9601)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.46

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B0E8E #418E0E

analogous

#1B0E8E #5B0E8E #8E0E81

triadic

#5B0E8E #8E5B0E #0E8E5B

tetradic

#5B0E8E #8E1B0E #418E0E #0E818E

square

#5B0E8E #8E1B0E #418E0E #0E818E

split-complementary

#5B0E8E #818E0E #0E8E1B

monochromatic

#14031F #370956 #5B0E8E #7F13C6 #9F2CEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.06

#5B0E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#5B0E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B0E8E

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B0E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B0E8E	1.00	11.06	1.90	11.06
#FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b0e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 14, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.185 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5bb0',
    500: '#5b0e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b0e8e;
$custom-light: #8f5bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b0e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.094,
    "s": 82.051,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38016,
    "c": 0.18532,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B0E8E

secondary

#6DC335

accent

#F82F7F

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2E9F6

border

#CCC5D0

text

#0D0411

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B0E8E

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

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