#5B1586#5B1586

#5B1586 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.173 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1586
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 134)
HSL	hsl(277, 73%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(277, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 84.3%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.20, 49.31, -47.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.20, 68.80, 315.79°)
OKLab	oklab(37.78% 0.1057 -0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(37.78% 0.173 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.8847, 4.4818, 22.9467)
Luminance	0.0448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.81

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1586 #408615

analogous

#221586 #5B1586 #861578

triadic

#5B1586 #865B15 #15865B

tetradic

#5B1586 #862215 #408615 #157886

square

#5B1586 #862215 #408615 #157886

split-complementary

#5B1586 #788615 #158622

monochromatic

#13041C #370D51 #5B1586 #7F1DBB #9F36DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.07

#5B1586 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#5B1586 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1586

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1586	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1586	1.00	11.07	1.90	11.07
#FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54344F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1586;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.173 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5daa',
    500: '#5b1586',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1586;
$custom-light: #8e5daa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1586",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.168,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37778,
    "c": 0.17264,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1586

secondary

#6CBA3C

accent

#F0387E

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1586

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

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