#5B1685#5B1685

#5B1685 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.171 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1685
RGB	rgb(91, 22, 133)
HSL	hsl(277, 72%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(277, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 83.5%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.23, 48.75, -47.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.23, 67.93, 315.87°)
OKLab	oklab(37.77% 0.1052 -0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(37.77% 0.171 308)
XYZ	xyz(8.8340, 4.4916, 22.5873)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.93

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1685 #408516

analogous

#231685 #5B1685 #851677

triadic

#5B1685 #855B16 #16855B

tetradic

#5B1685 #852316 #408516 #167785

square

#5B1685 #852316 #408516 #167785

split-complementary

#5B1685 #778516 #168523

monochromatic

#13051C #370D50 #5B1685 #7F1FBA #9F37DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.06

#5B1685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#5B1685 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1685

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1685	1.00	11.06	1.90	11.06
#FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54344F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 22, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.171 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5da9',
    500: '#5b1685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1685;
$custom-light: #8e5da9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.297,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37772,
    "c": 0.17078,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.04491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1685

secondary

#6CB93E

accent

#EE397E

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1685

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

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