#5B1A87#5B1A87

#5B1A87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.169 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1A87
RGB	rgb(91, 26, 135)
HSL	hsl(276, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(276, 81%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 80.7%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.90, 47.77, -47.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.90, 67.35, 315.18°)
OKLab	oklab(38.29% 0.1014 -0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(38.29% 0.169 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.0560, 4.7123, 23.3495)
Luminance	0.0471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.30

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1A87 #46871A

analogous

#251A87 #5B1A87 #871A7D

triadic

#5B1A87 #875B1A #1A875B

tetradic

#5B1A87 #87251A #46871A #1A7D87

square

#5B1A87 #87251A #46871A #1A7D87

split-complementary

#5B1A87 #7D871A #1A8725

monochromatic

#160620 #381054 #5B1A87 #7E24BA #9C41DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.81

#5B1A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#5B1A87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1A87

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1A87	1.00	10.81	1.94	10.81
#FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533651

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 26, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.169 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5fab',
    500: '#5b1a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1a87;
$custom-light: #8e5fab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.78,
    "s": 67.702,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38288,
    "c": 0.16889,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1A87

secondary

#73BA42

accent

#EB3D83

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1A87

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

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