#5B1886#5B1886

#5B1886 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.170 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1886
RGB	rgb(91, 24, 134)
HSL	hsl(277, 70%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(277, 82%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 82.1%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.56, 48.28, -47.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.56, 67.66, 315.53°)
OKLab	oklab(38.03% 0.1033 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(38.03% 0.17 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.9432, 4.5988, 22.9662)
Luminance	0.0460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.10

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1886 #438618

analogous

#241886 #5B1886 #86187A

triadic

#5B1886 #865B18 #18865B

tetradic

#5B1886 #862418 #438618 #187A86

square

#5B1886 #862418 #438618 #187A86

split-complementary

#5B1886 #7A8618 #188624

monochromatic

#15051E #380F52 #5B1886 #7E21BA #9E3CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.94

#5B1886 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#5B1886 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1886

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1886	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1886	1.00	10.94	1.92	10.94
#FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#543550

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1886;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 24, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.170 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5eaa',
    500: '#5b1886',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1886;
$custom-light: #8e5eaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1886",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.545,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38025,
    "c": 0.16988,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1886

secondary

#70BA40

accent

#EC3B81

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1886

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

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