#5B1785#5B1785

#5B1785 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.170 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1785
RGB	rgb(91, 23, 133)
HSL	hsl(277, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(277, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 82.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.35, 48.41, -47.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.35, 67.55, 315.78°)
OKLab	oklab(37.85% 0.1044 -0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(37.85% 0.17 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.8535, 4.5305, 22.5938)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.02

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1785 #418517

analogous

#241785 #5B1785 #851778

triadic

#5B1785 #855B17 #17855B

tetradic

#5B1785 #852417 #418517 #177885

square

#5B1785 #852417 #418517 #177885

split-complementary

#5B1785 #788517 #178524

monochromatic

#14051D #370E51 #5B1785 #7F20B9 #9E3ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#5B1785 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#5B1785 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1785

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1785	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1785	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54344F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1785;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 23, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.170 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ea9',
    500: '#5b1785',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1785;
$custom-light: #8e5ea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1785",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.091,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37855,
    "c": 0.16986,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1785

secondary

#6DB93F

accent

#ED3B7F

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1785

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

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