#5B1489#5B1489

#5B1489 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.176 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1489
RGB	rgb(91, 20, 137)
HSL	hsl(276, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 85.4%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.35, 50.31, -49.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.35, 70.66, 315.40°)
OKLab	oklab(37.96% 0.1055 -0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(37.96% 0.176 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.0789, 4.5307, 24.0583)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.70

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1489 #428914

analogous

#201489 #5B1489 #89147C

triadic

#5B1489 #895B14 #14895B

tetradic

#5B1489 #892014 #428914 #147C89

square

#5B1489 #892014 #428914 #147C89

split-complementary

#5B1489 #7C8914 #148920

monochromatic

#14041E #380C54 #5B1489 #7E1CBE #9E36E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#5B1489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#5B1489 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1489

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1489	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 20, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.176 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5dac',
    500: '#5b1489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1489;
$custom-light: #8f5dac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.41,
    "s": 74.522,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37962,
    "c": 0.17634,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1489

secondary

#6FBD3C

accent

#F13780

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1489

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

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