#5B17A0#5B17A0

#5B17A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.196 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B17A0
RGB	rgb(91, 23, 160)
HSL	hsl(270, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(270, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 85.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.78, 54.70, -59.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.78, 81.06, 312.44°)
OKLab	oklab(40.28% 0.0957 -0.1713)
OKLCH	oklch(40.28% 0.196 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.9643, 5.3748, 33.7107)
Luminance	0.0537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B17A0 #5CA017

analogous

#1718A0 #5B17A0 #9F17A0

triadic

#5B17A0 #A05B17 #17A05B

tetradic

#5B17A0 #A01718 #5CA017 #17A09F

square

#5B17A0 #A01718 #5CA017 #17A09F

split-complementary

#5B17A0 #A09F17 #18A017

monochromatic

#1E0835 #3D0F6A #5B17A0 #791FD6 #984CE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.12

#5B17A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#5B17A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B17A0

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B17A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B17A0	1.00	10.12	2.08	10.12
#FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A405F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b17a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 23, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.196 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915fbd',
    500: '#5b17a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b17a0;
$custom-light: #915fbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b17a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.781,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40278,
    "c": 0.19619,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B17A0

secondary

#8AC74C

accent

#F13695

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B17A0

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

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