#5B1480#5B1480

#5B1480 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.168 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1480
RGB	rgb(91, 20, 128)
HSL	hsl(279, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(279, 84%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 84.4%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.59, 48.30, -45.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.59, 66.16, 316.90°)
OKLab	oklab(37.19% 0.1081 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(37.19% 0.168 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.4600, 4.2832, 20.7990)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.01

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1480 #398014

analogous

#251480 #5B1480 #80146F

triadic

#5B1480 #805B14 #14805B

tetradic

#5B1480 #802514 #398014 #146F80

square

#5B1480 #802514 #398014 #146F80

split-complementary

#5B1480 #6F8014 #148025

monochromatic

#13041A #350C4B #5B1480 #811CB5 #A330DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.31

#5B1480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#5B1480 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1480

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1480	1.00	11.31	1.86	11.31
#FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003883

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56314B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 20, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.168 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ca6',
    500: '#5b1480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1480;
$custom-light: #8e5ca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.444,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3719,
    "c": 0.16783,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1480

secondary

#65B53B

accent

#F03877

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1480

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

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