#5B1996#5B1996

#5B1996 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.185 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1996
RGB	rgb(91, 25, 150)
HSL	hsl(272, 71%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(272, 83%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 83.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.08, 51.66, -54.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.08, 75.35, 313.28°)
OKLab	oklab(39.51% 0.0978 -0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(39.51% 0.185 302)
XYZ	xyz(10.1657, 5.1214, 29.3012)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1996 #549619

analogous

#1C1996 #5B1996 #961993

triadic

#5B1996 #965B19 #19965B

tetradic

#5B1996 #961C19 #549619 #199396

square

#5B1996 #961C19 #549619 #199396

split-complementary

#5B1996 #939619 #19961C

monochromatic

#1B082D #3B1062 #5B1996 #7B22CA #9949E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.37

#5B1996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#5B1996 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1996

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1996	1.00	10.37	2.02	10.37
#FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 25, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.185 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9060b6',
    500: '#5b1996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1996;
$custom-light: #9060b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.68,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39512,
    "c": 0.18474,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.05121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1996

secondary

#82C249

accent

#EE3A8F

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1996

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

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