#5B1895#5B1895

#5B1895 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.185 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1895
RGB	rgb(91, 24, 149)
HSL	hsl(272, 72%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(272, 84%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 83.9%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.87, 51.77, -54.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.87, 75.22, 313.49°)
OKLab	oklab(39.34% 0.0988 -0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(39.34% 0.185 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.0645, 5.0473, 28.8719)
Luminance	0.0505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.02

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1895 #529518

analogous

#1D1895 #5B1895 #951891

triadic

#5B1895 #955B18 #18955B

tetradic

#5B1895 #951D18 #529518 #189195

square

#5B1895 #951D18 #529518 #189195

split-complementary

#5B1895 #919518 #18951D

monochromatic

#1B072C #3B1060 #5B1895 #7B20CA #9946E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.45

#5B1895 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#5B1895 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1895

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1895	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1895	1.00	10.45	2.01	10.45
#FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1895;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 24, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.185 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905fb5',
    500: '#5b1895',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1895;
$custom-light: #905fb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1895",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.16,
    "s": 72.254,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3934,
    "c": 0.18459,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1895

secondary

#80C246

accent

#EF398D

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1895

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

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