#5B1985#5B1985

#5B1985 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.168 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1985
RGB	rgb(91, 25, 133)
HSL	hsl(277, 68%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(277, 81%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 81.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.60, 47.68, -46.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.60, 66.74, 315.60°)
OKLab	oklab(38.03% 0.1028 -0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(38.03% 0.168 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.8948, 4.6130, 22.6076)
Luminance	0.0461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.23

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1985 #438519

analogous

#251985 #5B1985 #851979

triadic

#5B1985 #855B19 #19855B

tetradic

#5B1985 #852519 #438519 #197985

square

#5B1985 #852519 #438519 #197985

split-complementary

#5B1985 #798519 #198525

monochromatic

#15061E #380F51 #5B1985 #7E23B9 #9E3EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.92

#5B1985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#5B1985 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1985

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1985	1.00	10.92	1.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54354F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 25, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.168 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ea9',
    500: '#5b1985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1985;
$custom-light: #8e5ea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.667,
    "s": 68.354,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38029,
    "c": 0.16791,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1985

secondary

#70B941

accent

#EB3D80

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1985

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

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