#5B1982#5B1982

#5B1982 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.165 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1982
RGB	rgb(91, 25, 130)
HSL	hsl(278, 68%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(278, 81%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 80.8%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.36, 47.00, -45.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.36, 65.22, 316.11°)
OKLab	oklab(37.78% 0.1035 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(37.78% 0.165 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.6905, 4.5313, 21.5316)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.36

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1982 #408219

analogous

#261982 #5B1982 #821974

triadic

#5B1982 #825B19 #19825B

tetradic

#5B1982 #822619 #408219 #197482

square

#5B1982 #822619 #408219 #197482

split-complementary

#5B1982 #748219 #198226

monochromatic

#13051B #370F4F #5B1982 #7F23B5 #9F3CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#5B1982 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#5B1982 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1982

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1982	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1982	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55344D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1982;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 25, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.165 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ea7',
    500: '#5b1982',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1982;
$custom-light: #8e5ea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1982",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.714,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37779,
    "c": 0.16496,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1982

secondary

#6CB641

accent

#EB3D7E

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1982

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

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