#5B1485#5B1485

#5B1485 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.173 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1485
RGB	rgb(91, 20, 133)
HSL	hsl(278, 74%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(278, 85%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 85%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.01, 49.41, -47.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.01, 68.66, 316.03°)
OKLab	oklab(37.61% 0.1067 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(37.61% 0.173 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.7973, 4.4181, 22.5751)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.75

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1485 #3E8514

analogous

#221485 #5B1485 #851477

triadic

#5B1485 #855B14 #14855B

tetradic

#5B1485 #852214 #3E8514 #147785

square

#5B1485 #852214 #3E8514 #147785

split-complementary

#5B1485 #778514 #148522

monochromatic

#12041B #370C50 #5B1485 #7F1CBA #A033E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#5B1485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#5B1485 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1485

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1485	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54334E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 20, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.173 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5da9',
    500: '#5b1485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1485;
$custom-light: #8e5da9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.699,
    "s": 73.856,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37614,
    "c": 0.17255,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1485

secondary

#6ABA3B

accent

#F1377C

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1485

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

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