#5B1A8A#5B1A8A

#5B1A8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.172 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1A8A
RGB	rgb(91, 26, 138)
HSL	hsl(275, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 81%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 81.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.15, 48.47, -48.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.15, 68.87, 314.73°)
OKLab	oklab(38.54% 0.1006 -0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(38.54% 0.172 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.2702, 4.7980, 24.4776)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1A8A #498A1A

analogous

#231A8A #5B1A8A #8A1A81

triadic

#5B1A8A #8A5B1A #1A8A5B

tetradic

#5B1A8A #8A231A #498A1A #1A818A

square

#5B1A8A #8A231A #498A1A #1A818A

split-complementary

#5B1A8A #818A1A #1A8A23

monochromatic

#170723 #391057 #5B1A8A #7D24BD #9B43DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#5B1A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#5B1A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1A8A

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1A8A	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 26, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.172 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5fad',
    500: '#5b1a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1a8a;
$custom-light: #8f5fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.821,
    "s": 68.293,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38543,
    "c": 0.17188,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1A8A

secondary

#76BD43

accent

#EB3D86

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1A8A

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

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