#5B1687#5B1687

#5B1687 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.173 H 307.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1687
RGB	rgb(91, 22, 135)
HSL	hsl(277, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(277, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 83.7%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.40, 49.21, -48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.40, 68.93, 315.55°)
OKLab	oklab(37.94% 0.1046 -0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(37.94% 0.173 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.9735, 4.5474, 23.3220)
Luminance	0.0455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.88

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1687 #428716

analogous

#221687 #5B1687 #87167A

triadic

#5B1687 #875B16 #16875B

tetradic

#5B1687 #872216 #428716 #167A87

square

#5B1687 #872216 #428716 #167A87

split-complementary

#5B1687 #7A8716 #168722

monochromatic

#14051E #380D52 #5B1687 #7E1FBC #9E39DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.00

#5B1687 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#5B1687 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1687

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1687	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1687	1.00	11.00	1.91	11.00
#FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533550

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1687;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 22, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.173 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5dab',
    500: '#5b1687',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1687;
$custom-light: #8e5dab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1687",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.637,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37943,
    "c": 0.17271,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1687

secondary

#6FBB3E

accent

#EF3980

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1687

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

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