#5B1988#5B1988

#5B1988 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.171 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1988
RGB	rgb(91, 25, 136)
HSL	hsl(276, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(276, 82%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.1%, 81.6%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.85, 48.38, -48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.85, 68.27, 315.12°)
OKLab	oklab(38.28% 0.102 -0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(38.28% 0.171 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.1050, 4.6971, 23.7147)
Luminance	0.0470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.18

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1988 #468819

analogous

#241988 #5B1988 #88197E

triadic

#5B1988 #885B19 #19885B

tetradic

#5B1988 #882419 #468819 #197E88

square

#5B1988 #882419 #468819 #197E88

split-complementary

#5B1988 #7E8819 #198824

monochromatic

#160621 #380F54 #5B1988 #7E23BC #9C40DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83

#5B1988 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#5B1988 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1988

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1988	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1988	1.00	10.83	1.94	10.83
#FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533651

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1988;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 25, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.171 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5fac',
    500: '#5b1988',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1988;
$custom-light: #8e5fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1988",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.676,
    "s": 68.944,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38283,
    "c": 0.17088,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1988

secondary

#73BB41

accent

#EC3C83

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1988

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

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