#5B1885#5B1885

#5B1885 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.169 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1885
RGB	rgb(91, 24, 133)
HSL	hsl(277, 69%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(277, 82%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 82%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.48, 48.05, -46.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.48, 67.15, 315.69°)
OKLab	oklab(37.94% 0.1036 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(37.94% 0.169 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.8738, 4.5710, 22.6006)
Luminance	0.0457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.12

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1885 #428518

analogous

#241885 #5B1885 #851878

triadic

#5B1885 #855B18 #18855B

tetradic

#5B1885 #852418 #428518 #187885

square

#5B1885 #852418 #428518 #187885

split-complementary

#5B1885 #788518 #188524

monochromatic

#14051D #380F51 #5B1885 #7E21B9 #9E3CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.97

#5B1885 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#5B1885 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1885

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1885	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1885	1.00	10.97	1.91	10.97
#FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54344F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1885;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 24, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.169 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ea9',
    500: '#5b1885',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1885;
$custom-light: #8e5ea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1885",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.881,
    "s": 69.427,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3794,
    "c": 0.1689,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1885

secondary

#6FB940

accent

#EC3C80

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1885

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

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