#5B1884#5B1884

#5B1884 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.168 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1884
RGB	rgb(91, 24, 132)
HSL	hsl(277, 69%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(277, 82%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 81.8%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.39, 47.82, -46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.39, 66.64, 315.86°)
OKLab	oklab(37.86% 0.1039 -0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(37.86% 0.168 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.8050, 4.5435, 22.2385)
Luminance	0.0454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.16

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1884 #418418

analogous

#251884 #5B1884 #841877

triadic

#5B1884 #845B18 #18845B

tetradic

#5B1884 #842518 #418418 #187784

square

#5B1884 #842518 #418418 #187784

split-complementary

#5B1884 #778418 #188425

monochromatic

#14051C #370F50 #5B1884 #7F21B8 #9E3BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.00

#5B1884 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#5B1884 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1884

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1884	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1884	1.00	11.00	1.91	11.00
#FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54344E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1884;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 24, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.168 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ea9',
    500: '#5b1884',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1884;
$custom-light: #8e5ea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1884",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.222,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37856,
    "c": 0.16792,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1884

secondary

#6DB840

accent

#EC3C7F

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1884

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

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