#5B1688#5B1688

#5B1688 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.174 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1688
RGB	rgb(91, 22, 136)
HSL	hsl(276, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 83.8%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.49, 49.43, -48.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.49, 69.44, 315.39°)
OKLab	oklab(38.03% 0.1044 -0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(38.03% 0.174 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.0443, 4.5756, 23.6945)
Luminance	0.0458 (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

#5B1688 #438816

analogous

#221688 #5B1688 #88167C

triadic

#5B1688 #885B16 #16885B

tetradic

#5B1688 #882216 #438816 #167C88

square

#5B1688 #882216 #438816 #167C88

split-complementary

#5B1688 #7C8816 #168822

monochromatic

#15051F #380D53 #5B1688 #7E1FBD #9E39DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.96

#5B1688 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#5B1688 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1688

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1688	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1688	1.00	10.96	1.92	10.96
#FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533550

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1688;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 22, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.174 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5dac',
    500: '#5b1688',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1688;
$custom-light: #8f5dac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1688",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.316,
    "s": 72.152,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38029,
    "c": 0.17367,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1688

secondary

#70BC3E

accent

#EF3981

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1688

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

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