#5B1887#5B1887

#5B1887 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.171 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1887
RGB	rgb(91, 24, 135)
HSL	hsl(276, 70%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 82%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 82.2%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.64, 48.51, -47.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.64, 68.16, 315.37°)
OKLab	oklab(38.11% 0.1031 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(38.11% 0.171 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.0132, 4.6268, 23.3352)
Luminance	0.0463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.08

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1887 #448718

analogous

#231887 #5B1887 #87187B

triadic

#5B1887 #875B18 #18875B

tetradic

#5B1887 #872318 #448718 #187B87

square

#5B1887 #872318 #448718 #187B87

split-complementary

#5B1887 #7B8718 #188723

monochromatic

#15061F #380F53 #5B1887 #7E21BB #9D3DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.91

#5B1887 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#5B1887 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1887

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1887	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1887	1.00	10.91	1.93	10.91
#FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533550

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1887;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 24, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.171 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5eab',
    500: '#5b1887',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1887;
$custom-light: #8e5eab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1887",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.216,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3811,
    "c": 0.17086,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1887

secondary

#71BB40

accent

#ED3B82

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1887

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

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