#5B1483#5B1483

#5B1483 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.171 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1483
RGB	rgb(91, 20, 131)
HSL	hsl(278, 74%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(278, 85%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 84.7%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.84, 48.97, -46.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.84, 67.66, 316.36°)
OKLab	oklab(37.44% 0.1073 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(37.44% 0.171 309)
XYZ	xyz(8.6604, 4.3633, 21.8543)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.83

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1483 #3C8314

analogous

#231483 #5B1483 #831474

triadic

#5B1483 #835B14 #14835B

tetradic

#5B1483 #832314 #3C8314 #147483

square

#5B1483 #832314 #3C8314 #147483

split-complementary

#5B1483 #748314 #148323

monochromatic

#12041B #360C4E #5B1483 #801CB8 #A132E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.21

#5B1483 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#5B1483 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1483

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1483	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1483	1.00	11.21	1.87	11.21
#FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55324D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1483;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 20, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.171 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ca8',
    500: '#5b1483',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1483;
$custom-light: #8e5ca8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1483",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.378,
    "s": 73.51,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37443,
    "c": 0.17066,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.04363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1483

secondary

#68B83B

accent

#F0387A

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1483

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

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