#5B1582#5B1582

#5B1582 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.169 H 309.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1582
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 130)
HSL	hsl(279, 72%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(279, 84%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 83.8%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.87, 48.42, -46.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.87, 66.79, 316.46°)
OKLab	oklab(37.44% 0.1068 -0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(37.44% 0.169 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.6110, 4.3724, 21.5051)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.96

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1582 #3C8215

analogous

#251582 #5B1582 #821573

triadic

#5B1582 #825B15 #15825B

tetradic

#5B1582 #822515 #3C8215 #157382

square

#5B1582 #822515 #3C8215 #157382

split-complementary

#5B1582 #738215 #158225

monochromatic

#12041A #360C4D #5B1582 #801EB7 #A133DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#5B1582 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#5B1582 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1582

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1582	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1582	1.00	11.20	1.87	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55324D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1582;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.169 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5da7',
    500: '#5b1582',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1582;
$custom-light: #8e5da7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1582",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.532,
    "s": 72.185,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37437,
    "c": 0.16882,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1582

secondary

#68B73C

accent

#EF397A

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1582

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

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