#5B1589#5B1589

#5B1589 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.175 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5B1589
RGBrgb(91, 21, 137)
HSLhsl(276, 73%, 31%)
HSVhsv(276, 85%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(33.6%, 84.7%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LABlab(25.46, 49.99, -49.43)
CIE-LCHlch(25.46, 70.31, 315.32°)
OKLaboklab(38.04% 0.1048 -0.1408)
OKLCHoklch(38.04% 0.176 306.7)
XYZxyz(9.0969, 4.5667, 24.0643)
Luminance0.0457 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5B1589 #438915
analogous
#211589 #5B1589 #89157D
triadic
#5B1589 #895B15 #15895B
tetradic
#5B1589 #892115 #438915 #157D89
square
#5B1589 #892115 #438915 #157D89
split-complementary
#5B1589 #7D8915 #158921
monochromatic
#15051F #380D54 #5B1589 #7E1DBE #9E38E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.98
#5B1589 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91
#5B1589 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1589
10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5B1589#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##5B15891.0010.981.9110.98
#FFFFFF10.981.0021.001.00
#0000001.9121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF10.981.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#003A8C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#003D87
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#533551
Achromatopsia (no color)
#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5b1589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 21, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.175 306.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5dac',
    500: '#5b1589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5b1589;
$custom-light: #8f5dac;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5b1589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.207,
    "s": 73.418,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38037,
    "c": 0.1755,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5B1589
secondary
#70BD3D
accent
#F03881
background
#F9F5FA
surface
#F1E9F4
border
#CBC5CE
text
#0D0510
muted
#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1589

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#5B1589 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva