#5B1689#5B1689

#5B1689 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.175 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1689
RGB	rgb(91, 22, 137)
HSL	hsl(276, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 83.9%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.58, 49.66, -49.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.58, 69.94, 315.24°)
OKLab	oklab(38.12% 0.1041 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(38.12% 0.175 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.1157, 4.6042, 24.0705)
Luminance	0.0460 (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

#5B1689 #448916

analogous

#211689 #5B1689 #89167D

triadic

#5B1689 #895B16 #16895B

tetradic

#5B1689 #892116 #448916 #167D89

square

#5B1689 #892116 #448916 #167D89

split-complementary

#5B1689 #7D8916 #168921

monochromatic

#150520 #380E54 #5B1689 #7E1EBE #9D3ADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.93

#5B1689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#5B1689 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1689

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1689	1.00	10.93	1.92	10.93
#FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 22, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.175 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5eac',
    500: '#5b1689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1689;
$custom-light: #8f5eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38116,
    "c": 0.17463,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1689

secondary

#71BD3E

accent

#EF3982

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1689

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

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