#5B1796#5B1796

#5B1796 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.186 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1796
RGB	rgb(91, 23, 150)
HSL	hsl(272, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(272, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 84.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.85, 52.34, -55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.85, 76.09, 313.46°)
OKLab	oklab(39.35% 0.0992 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(39.35% 0.186 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.1245, 5.0389, 29.2875)
Luminance	0.0504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.10

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1796 #529617

analogous

#1C1796 #5B1796 #961792

triadic

#5B1796 #965B17 #17965B

tetradic

#5B1796 #961C17 #529617 #179296

square

#5B1796 #961C17 #529617 #179296

split-complementary

#5B1796 #929617 #17961C

monochromatic

#1B072C #3B0F61 #5B1796 #7B1FCB #9945E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.46

#5B1796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#5B1796 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1796

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1796	1.00	10.46	2.01	10.46
#FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 23, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.186 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905fb6',
    500: '#5b1796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1796;
$custom-light: #905fb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.126,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39352,
    "c": 0.18641,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1796

secondary

#80C345

accent

#F0388D

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1796

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

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