#5B1686#5B1686

#5B1686 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.172 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1686
RGB	rgb(91, 22, 134)
HSL	hsl(277, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(277, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 83.6%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.32, 48.98, -47.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.32, 68.43, 315.70°)
OKLab	oklab(37.86% 0.1049 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(37.86% 0.172 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.9035, 4.5193, 22.9529)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.90

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1686 #418616

analogous

#231686 #5B1686 #861679

triadic

#5B1686 #865B16 #16865B

tetradic

#5B1686 #862316 #418616 #167986

square

#5B1686 #862316 #418616 #167986

split-complementary

#5B1686 #798616 #168623

monochromatic

#14051D #370D51 #5B1686 #7F1FBB #9E38DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.03

#5B1686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#5B1686 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1686

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1686	1.00	11.03	1.90	11.03
#FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54344F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 22, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.172 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5daa',
    500: '#5b1686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1686;
$custom-light: #8e5daa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.964,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37857,
    "c": 0.17175,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1686

secondary

#6DBA3E

accent

#EF397F

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1686

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

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