#5B1A8B#5B1A8B

#5B1A8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.173 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1A8B
RGB	rgb(91, 26, 139)
HSL	hsl(275, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 81.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.24, 48.70, -49.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.24, 69.38, 314.58°)
OKLab	oklab(38.63% 0.1003 -0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(38.63% 0.173 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.3429, 4.8271, 24.8606)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1A8B #4A8B1A

analogous

#221A8B #5B1A8B #8B1A83

triadic

#5B1A8B #8B5B1A #1A8B5B

tetradic

#5B1A8B #8B221A #4A8B1A #1A838B

square

#5B1A8B #8B221A #4A8B1A #1A838B

split-complementary

#5B1A8B #838B1A #1A8B22

monochromatic

#170724 #391057 #5B1A8B #7D24BF #9B43DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#5B1A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#5B1A8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1A8B

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1A8B	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 26, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.173 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5fae',
    500: '#5b1a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1a8b;
$custom-light: #8f5fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.513,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38629,
    "c": 0.17288,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1A8B

secondary

#77BD44

accent

#EB3C87

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1A8B

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

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