#5B1980#5B1980

#5B1980 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.163 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1980
RGB	rgb(91, 25, 128)
HSL	hsl(278, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(278, 80%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 80.5%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.19, 46.54, -44.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.19, 64.20, 316.47°)
OKLab	oklab(37.61% 0.104 -0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(37.61% 0.163 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.5575, 4.4781, 20.8314)
Luminance	0.0448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.49

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1980 #3E8019

analogous

#281980 #5B1980 #801971

triadic

#5B1980 #805B19 #19805B

tetradic

#5B1980 #802819 #3E8019 #197180

square

#5B1980 #802819 #3E8019 #197180

split-complementary

#5B1980 #718019 #198028

monochromatic

#12051A #370F4D #5B1980 #7F23B3 #A03BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#5B1980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#5B1980 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1980

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1980	1.00	11.08	1.90	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003983

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56334C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 25, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.163 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ea6',
    500: '#5b1980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1980;
$custom-light: #8e5ea6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.447,
    "s": 67.32,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37614,
    "c": 0.16299,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1980

secondary

#6AB441

accent

#EA3E7C

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1980

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