#5B1684#5B1684

#5B1684 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.170 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1684
RGB	rgb(91, 22, 132)
HSL	hsl(278, 71%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(278, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 83.3%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.15, 48.53, -46.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.15, 67.42, 316.03°)
OKLab	oklab(37.69% 0.1055 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(37.69% 0.17 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.7653, 4.4641, 22.2252)
Luminance	0.0446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.96

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1684 #3F8416

analogous

#241684 #5B1684 #841676

triadic

#5B1684 #845B16 #16845B

tetradic

#5B1684 #842416 #3F8416 #167684

square

#5B1684 #842416 #3F8416 #167684

split-complementary

#5B1684 #768416 #168424

monochromatic

#13051B #370D50 #5B1684 #7F1FB8 #9F37DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.09

#5B1684 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#5B1684 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1684

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1684	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1684	1.00	11.09	1.89	11.09
#FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54334E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1684;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 22, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.170 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5da9',
    500: '#5b1684',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1684;
$custom-light: #8e5da9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1684",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.636,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37687,
    "c": 0.16983,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1684

secondary

#6BB83D

accent

#EE3A7D

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1684

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

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