#5B1889#5B1889

#5B1889 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.173 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1889
RGB	rgb(91, 24, 137)
HSL	hsl(276, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(276, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 82.5%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.81, 48.97, -48.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.81, 69.18, 315.06°)
OKLab	oklab(38.28% 0.1025 -0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(38.28% 0.173 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.1554, 4.6837, 24.0838)
Luminance	0.0468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.07

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1889 #468918

analogous

#231889 #5B1889 #89187F

triadic

#5B1889 #895B18 #18895B

tetradic

#5B1889 #892318 #468918 #187F89

square

#5B1889 #892318 #468918 #187F89

split-complementary

#5B1889 #7F8918 #188923

monochromatic

#160621 #380F55 #5B1889 #7E21BD #9C3EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.84

#5B1889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#5B1889 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1889

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1889	1.00	10.84	1.94	10.84
#FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533651

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 24, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.173 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5eac',
    500: '#5b1889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1889;
$custom-light: #8f5eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.575,
    "s": 70.186,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38281,
    "c": 0.17282,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1889

secondary

#73BD40

accent

#ED3B83

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1889

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

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