#5B1682#5B1682

#5B1682 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.168 H 309.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1682
RGB	rgb(91, 22, 130)
HSL	hsl(278, 71%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(278, 83%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 83.1%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.98, 48.08, -45.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.98, 66.42, 316.38°)
OKLab	oklab(37.52% 0.106 -0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(37.52% 0.168 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.6297, 4.4098, 21.5113)
Luminance	0.0441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.05

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1682 #3D8216

analogous

#251682 #5B1682 #821673

triadic

#5B1682 #825B16 #16825B

tetradic

#5B1682 #822516 #3D8216 #167382

square

#5B1682 #822516 #3D8216 #167382

split-complementary

#5B1682 #738216 #168225

monochromatic

#12041A #360D4E #5B1682 #801FB6 #A035DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.16

#5B1682 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#5B1682 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1682

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1682	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1682	1.00	11.16	1.88	11.16
#FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003985

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55324D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1682;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 22, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.168 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5da7',
    500: '#5b1682',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1682;
$custom-light: #8e5da7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1682",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.333,
    "s": 71.053,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37518,
    "c": 0.1679,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1682

secondary

#69B73D

accent

#EE3A7B

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1682

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

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