#5B1484#5B1484

#5B1484 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.172 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1484
RGB	rgb(91, 20, 132)
HSL	hsl(278, 74%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(278, 85%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 84.8%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.92, 49.19, -47.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.92, 68.16, 316.19°)
OKLab	oklab(37.53% 0.107 -0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(37.53% 0.172 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.7285, 4.3906, 22.2130)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.78

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1484 #3D8414

analogous

#231484 #5B1484 #841475

triadic

#5B1484 #845B14 #14845B

tetradic

#5B1484 #842314 #3D8414 #147584

square

#5B1484 #842314 #3D8414 #147584

split-complementary

#5B1484 #758414 #148423

monochromatic

#12041B #360C4F #5B1484 #801CB9 #A032E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.18

#5B1484 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#5B1484 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1484

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1484	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1484	1.00	11.18	1.88	11.18
#FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54324E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1484;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 20, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.172 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ca9',
    500: '#5b1484',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1484;
$custom-light: #8e5ca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1484",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.036,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37529,
    "c": 0.1716,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1484

secondary

#69B93B

accent

#F0377B

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1484

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

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