#5B1987#5B1987

#5B1987 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.170 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1987
RGB	rgb(91, 25, 135)
HSL	hsl(276, 69%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 81%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 81.5%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.77, 48.14, -47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.77, 67.76, 315.28°)
OKLab	oklab(38.2% 0.1022 -0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(38.2% 0.17 307)
XYZ	xyz(9.0342, 4.6688, 23.3422)
Luminance	0.0467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.19

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1987 #458719

analogous

#241987 #5B1987 #87197C

triadic

#5B1987 #875B19 #19875B

tetradic

#5B1987 #872419 #458719 #197C87

square

#5B1987 #872419 #458719 #197C87

split-complementary

#5B1987 #7C8719 #198724

monochromatic

#150620 #380F53 #5B1987 #7E23BB #9D3FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.86

#5B1987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#5B1987 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1987

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1987	1.00	10.86	1.93	10.86
#FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533650

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 25, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.170 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5fab',
    500: '#5b1987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1987;
$custom-light: #8e5fab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38198,
    "c": 0.16989,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.04669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1987

secondary

#72BA41

accent

#EC3C82

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1987

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

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