#5B1584#5B1584

#5B1584 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.171 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1584
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 132)
HSL	hsl(278, 73%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(278, 84%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 84.1%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.03, 48.86, -47.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.03, 67.80, 316.12°)
OKLab	oklab(37.61% 0.1063 -0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(37.61% 0.171 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7465, 4.4266, 22.2190)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.87

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1584 #3E8415

analogous

#241584 #5B1584 #841575

triadic

#5B1584 #845B15 #15845B

tetradic

#5B1584 #842415 #3E8415 #157584

square

#5B1584 #842415 #3E8415 #157584

split-complementary

#5B1584 #758415 #158424

monochromatic

#12041A #370D4F #5B1584 #7F1DB9 #A035DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.14

#5B1584 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#5B1584 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1584

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1584	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1584	1.00	11.14	1.89	11.14
#FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54334E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1584;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.171 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5da9',
    500: '#5b1584',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1584;
$custom-light: #8e5da9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1584",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.838,
    "s": 72.549,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37606,
    "c": 0.17073,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1584

secondary

#6AB93C

accent

#EF397C

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1584

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

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