#5B1880#5B1880

#5B1880 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.164 H 309.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1880
RGB	rgb(91, 24, 128)
HSL	hsl(279, 68%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(279, 81%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 81.3%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.06, 46.92, -44.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.06, 64.62, 316.56°)
OKLab	oklab(37.52% 0.1049 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(37.52% 0.164 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.5365, 4.4361, 20.8244)
Luminance	0.0444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.38

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1880 #3D8018

analogous

#271880 #5B1880 #801871

triadic

#5B1880 #805B18 #18805B

tetradic

#5B1880 #802718 #3D8018 #187180

square

#5B1880 #802718 #3D8018 #187180

split-complementary

#5B1880 #718018 #188027

monochromatic

#12051A #360E4C #5B1880 #8022B4 #A039DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#5B1880 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#5B1880 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1880

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1880	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1880	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003983

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56324C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1880;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 24, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.164 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ea6',
    500: '#5b1880',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1880;
$custom-light: #8e5ea6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1880",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.654,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37523,
    "c": 0.16402,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1880

secondary

#69B440

accent

#EB3D7B

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1880

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

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