#5B1787#5B1787

#5B1787 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.172 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1787
RGB	rgb(91, 23, 135)
HSL	hsl(276, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 83%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.52, 48.86, -48.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.52, 68.56, 315.46°)
OKLab	oklab(38.03% 0.1039 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(38.03% 0.172 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.9930, 4.5863, 23.3285)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.98

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1787 #438717

analogous

#231787 #5B1787 #87177B

triadic

#5B1787 #875B17 #17875B

tetradic

#5B1787 #872317 #438717 #177B87

square

#5B1787 #872317 #438717 #177B87

split-complementary

#5B1787 #7B8717 #178723

monochromatic

#15051E #380E53 #5B1787 #7E20BB #9E3BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#5B1787 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#5B1787 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1787

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1787	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1787	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533550

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1787;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 23, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.172 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5eab',
    500: '#5b1787',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1787;
$custom-light: #8e5eab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1787",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.429,
    "s": 70.886,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38025,
    "c": 0.1718,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1787

secondary

#70BB3F

accent

#EE3A81

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1787

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

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