#5B1487#5B1487

#5B1487 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.174 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1487
RGB	rgb(91, 20, 135)
HSL	hsl(277, 74%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(277, 85%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 85.2%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.18, 49.86, -48.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.18, 69.66, 315.71°)
OKLab	oklab(37.79% 0.1061 -0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(37.79% 0.174 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.9368, 4.4739, 23.3097)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.71

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1487 #408714

analogous

#211487 #5B1487 #87147A

triadic

#5B1487 #875B14 #14875B

tetradic

#5B1487 #872114 #408714 #147A87

square

#5B1487 #872114 #408714 #147A87

split-complementary

#5B1487 #7A8714 #148721

monochromatic

#13041C #370C52 #5B1487 #7F1CBC #9F34E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#5B1487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#5B1487 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1487

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1487	1.00	11.08	1.89	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53344F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 20, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.174 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5dab',
    500: '#5b1487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1487;
$custom-light: #8f5dab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.043,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37787,
    "c": 0.17444,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1487

secondary

#6CBB3B

accent

#F1377E

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1487

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →