#5B1681#5B1681

#5B1681 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.167 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1681
RGB	rgb(91, 22, 129)
HSL	hsl(279, 71%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(279, 83%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 82.9%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.90, 47.85, -45.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.90, 65.92, 316.55°)
OKLab	oklab(37.43% 0.1063 -0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(37.43% 0.167 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.5629, 4.3831, 21.1596)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.11

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1681 #3C8116

analogous

#261681 #5B1681 #811671

triadic

#5B1681 #815B16 #16815B

tetradic

#5B1681 #812616 #3C8116 #167181

square

#5B1681 #812616 #3C8116 #167181

split-complementary

#5B1681 #718116 #168126

monochromatic

#12041A #360D4D #5B1681 #801FB5 #A135DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#5B1681 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#5B1681 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1681

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1681	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1681	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003884

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55324C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1681;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 22, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.167 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5da6',
    500: '#5b1681',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1681;
$custom-light: #8e5da6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1681",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.692,
    "s": 70.861,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37434,
    "c": 0.16694,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1681

secondary

#68B63D

accent

#EE3A7A

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1681

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

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