#5B1690#5B1690

#5B1690 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.181 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1690
RGB	rgb(91, 22, 144)
HSL	hsl(274, 73%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(274, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 84.7%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.19, 51.27, -52.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.19, 73.45, 314.27°)
OKLab	oklab(38.73% 0.1019 -0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(38.73% 0.181 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.6342, 4.8116, 26.8013)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1690 #4B9016

analogous

#1E1690 #5B1690 #901688

triadic

#5B1690 #905B16 #16905B

tetradic

#5B1690 #901E16 #4B9016 #168890

square

#5B1690 #901E16 #4B9016 #168890

split-complementary

#5B1690 #889016 #16901E

monochromatic

#180626 #390E5B #5B1690 #7D1EC5 #9B3FE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#5B1690 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#5B1690 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1690

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1690	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1690	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1690;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 22, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.181 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5eb1',
    500: '#5b1690',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1690;
$custom-light: #8f5eb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1690",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.934,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38733,
    "c": 0.1814,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1690

secondary

#78C240

accent

#F03888

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1690

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

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