#5B0F8E#5B0F8E

#5B0F8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.185 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B0F8E
RGB	rgb(91, 15, 142)
HSL	hsl(276, 81%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 89%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 89.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.32, 52.86, -52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.32, 74.70, 315.04°)
OKLab	oklab(38.07% 0.1069 -0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(38.07% 0.185 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3666, 4.5189, 25.9647)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.52

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B0F8E #428E0F

analogous

#1C0F8E #5B0F8E #8E0F81

triadic

#5B0F8E #8E5B0F #0F8E5B

tetradic

#5B0F8E #8E1C0F #428E0F #0F818E

square

#5B0F8E #8E1C0F #428E0F #0F818E

split-complementary

#5B0F8E #818E0F #0F8E1C

monochromatic

#14031F #380957 #5B0F8E #7E15C5 #9E2EE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.03

#5B0F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#5B0F8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B0F8E

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B0F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B0F8E	1.00	11.03	1.90	11.03
#FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.03	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: #5b0f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 15, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.185 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5bb0',
    500: '#5b0f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b0f8e;
$custom-light: #8f5bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b0f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.906,
    "s": 80.892,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38074,
    "c": 0.18469,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B0F8E

secondary

#6FC336

accent

#F73180

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2E9F6

border

#CCC5D0

text

#0D0411

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B0F8E

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

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