#5B1583#5B1583

#5B1583 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.170 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5B1583
RGBrgb(91, 21, 131)
HSLhsl(278, 72%, 30%)
HSVhsv(278, 84%, 51%)
CMYKcmyk(30.5%, 84%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LABlab(24.95, 48.64, -46.51)
CIE-LCHlch(24.95, 67.30, 316.28°)
OKLaboklab(37.52% 0.1065 -0.1322)
OKLCHoklch(37.52% 0.17 308.9)
XYZxyz(8.6784, 4.3993, 21.8603)
Luminance0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5B1583 #3D8315
analogous
#241583 #5B1583 #831574
triadic
#5B1583 #835B15 #15835B
tetradic
#5B1583 #832415 #3D8315 #157483
square
#5B1583 #832415 #3D8315 #157483
split-complementary
#5B1583 #748315 #158324
monochromatic
#12041A #360D4E #5B1583 #801DB8 #A034DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17
#5B1583 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88
#5B1583 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1583
11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5B1583#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##5B15831.0011.171.8811.17
#FFFFFF11.171.0021.001.00
#0000001.8821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.171.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#003986
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#003C81
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#55324D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5b1583;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.170 308.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5da8',
    500: '#5b1583',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5b1583;
$custom-light: #8e5da8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5b1583",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 72.368,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37521,
    "c": 0.16978,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5B1583
secondary
#69B83C
accent
#EF397B
background
#F9F5FA
surface
#F1E9F4
border
#CBC5CE
text
#0D0510
muted
#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1583

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#5B1583 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva