#5B1784#5B1784

#5B1784 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.169 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1784
RGB	rgb(91, 23, 132)
HSL	hsl(277, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(277, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 82.6%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.27, 48.18, -46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.27, 67.04, 315.95°)
OKLab	oklab(37.77% 0.1047 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(37.77% 0.169 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.7848, 4.5030, 22.2317)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.06

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1784 #408417

analogous

#241784 #5B1784 #841776

triadic

#5B1784 #845B17 #17845B

tetradic

#5B1784 #842417 #408417 #177684

square

#5B1784 #842417 #408417 #177684

split-complementary

#5B1784 #768417 #178424

monochromatic

#13051C #370E50 #5B1784 #7F20B8 #9F39DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.05

#5B1784 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#5B1784 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1784

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1784	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1784	1.00	11.05	1.90	11.05
#FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54344E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1784;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 23, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.169 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ea9',
    500: '#5b1784',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1784;
$custom-light: #8e5ea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1784",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.431,
    "s": 70.323,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3777,
    "c": 0.16888,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1784

secondary

#6CB83F

accent

#ED3B7E

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1784

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

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