#5B1A7D#5B1A7D

#5B1A7D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.159 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1A7D
RGB	rgb(91, 26, 125)
HSL	hsl(279, 66%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(279, 79%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 79.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.09, 45.48, -42.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.09, 62.24, 316.94°)
OKLab	oklab(37.46% 0.1037 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(37.46% 0.159 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3847, 4.4438, 19.8141)
Luminance	0.0444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1A7D #3C7D1A

analogous

#2A1A7D #5B1A7D #7D1A6E

triadic

#5B1A7D #7D5B1A #1A7D5B

tetradic

#5B1A7D #7D2A1A #3C7D1A #1A6E7D

square

#5B1A7D #7D2A1A #3C7D1A #1A6E7D

split-complementary

#5B1A7D #6E7D1A #1A7D2A

monochromatic

#120519 #360F4A #5B1A7D #8025B0 #A13BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.12

#5B1A7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#5B1A7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1A7D

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1A7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1A7D	1.00	11.12	1.89	11.12
#FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#023D7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1a7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 26, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.159 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ea3',
    500: '#5b1a7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1a7d;
$custom-light: #8d5ea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1a7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.394,
    "s": 65.563,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37465,
    "c": 0.15895,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1A7D

secondary

#68B142

accent

#E93F79

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1A7D

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

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