#5B1989#5B1989

#5B1989 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.172 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1989
RGB	rgb(91, 25, 137)
HSL	hsl(275, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 81.8%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.94, 48.61, -48.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.94, 68.78, 314.97°)
OKLab	oklab(38.37% 0.1017 -0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(38.37% 0.172 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.1764, 4.7256, 24.0908)
Luminance	0.0473 (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

#5B1989 #478919

analogous

#231989 #5B1989 #89197F

triadic

#5B1989 #895B19 #19895B

tetradic

#5B1989 #892319 #478919 #197F89

square

#5B1989 #892319 #478919 #197F89

split-complementary

#5B1989 #7F8919 #198923

monochromatic

#160621 #391055 #5B1989 #7D22BD #9C40DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.80

#5B1989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#5B1989 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1989

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1989	1.00	10.80	1.95	10.80
#FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 25, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.172 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5fac',
    500: '#5b1989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1989;
$custom-light: #8e5fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.357,
    "s": 69.136,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38368,
    "c": 0.17187,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1989

secondary

#74BC41

accent

#EC3C84

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1989

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

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