#5B1081#5B1081

#5B1081 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.172 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1081
RGB	rgb(91, 16, 129)
HSL	hsl(280, 78%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(280, 88%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 87.6%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.26, 49.73, -46.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.26, 68.00, 317.00°)
OKLab	oklab(36.99% 0.1107 -0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(36.99% 0.172 310)
XYZ	xyz(8.4613, 4.1799, 21.1257)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.65

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1081 #368110

analogous

#221081 #5B1081 #81106E

triadic

#5B1081 #815B10 #10815B

tetradic

#5B1081 #812210 #368110 #106E81

square

#5B1081 #812210 #368110 #106E81

split-complementary

#5B1081 #6E8110 #108122

monochromatic

#13031B #35094B #5B1081 #8117B7 #A527E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.44

#5B1081 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#5B1081 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1081

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1081	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1081	1.00	11.44	1.84	11.44
#FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55304B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1081;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 16, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.172 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ba6',
    500: '#5b1081',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1081;
$custom-light: #8e5ba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1081",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.823,
    "s": 77.931,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36987,
    "c": 0.17206,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.0418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1081

secondary

#61B736

accent

#F43374

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D040F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1081

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

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