#5B1789#5B1789

#5B1789 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.174 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1789
RGB	rgb(91, 23, 137)
HSL	hsl(276, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 83.2%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.69, 49.32, -49.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.69, 69.56, 315.15°)
OKLab	oklab(38.2% 0.1033 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(38.2% 0.174 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.1351, 4.6432, 24.0770)
Luminance	0.0464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.97

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1789 #458917

analogous

#221789 #5B1789 #89177E

triadic

#5B1789 #895B17 #17895B

tetradic

#5B1789 #892217 #458917 #177E89

square

#5B1789 #892217 #458917 #177E89

split-complementary

#5B1789 #7E8917 #178922

monochromatic

#150520 #380E55 #5B1789 #7E20BD #9D3CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.89

#5B1789 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#5B1789 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1789

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1789	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1789	1.00	10.89	1.93	10.89
#FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533651

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1789;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 23, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.174 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5eac',
    500: '#5b1789',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1789;
$custom-light: #8f5eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1789",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.789,
    "s": 71.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38197,
    "c": 0.17374,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1789

secondary

#72BD3F

accent

#EE3A83

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1789

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

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