#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
RGB	rgb(91, 21, 137)
HSL	hsl(276, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 84.7%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.46, 49.99, -49.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.46, 70.31, 315.32°)
OKLab	oklab(38.04% 0.1048 -0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(38.04% 0.176 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.0969, 4.5667, 24.0643)
Luminance	0.0457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.79

Royal Purple (survey)

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
##5B1589	1.00	10.98	1.91	10.98
#FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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