#5B1A8D#5B1A8D

#5B1A8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.175 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1A8D
RGB	rgb(91, 26, 141)
HSL	hsl(274, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(274, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 81.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.41, 49.17, -50.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.41, 70.40, 314.30°)
OKLab	oklab(38.8% 0.0998 -0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(38.8% 0.175 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.4904, 4.8861, 25.6373)
Luminance	0.0489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1A8D #4C8D1A

analogous

#221A8D #5B1A8D #8D1A85

triadic

#5B1A8D #8D5B1A #1A8D5B

tetradic

#5B1A8D #8D221A #4C8D1A #1A858D

square

#5B1A8D #8D221A #4C8D1A #1A858D

split-complementary

#5B1A8D #858D1A #1A8D22

monochromatic

#180726 #3A1059 #5B1A8D #7C24C1 #9B45DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.62

#5B1A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#5B1A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1A8D

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1A8D	1.00	10.62	1.98	10.62
#FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 26, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.175 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5faf',
    500: '#5b1a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1a8d;
$custom-light: #8f5faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.913,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38802,
    "c": 0.17487,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1A8D

secondary

#7ABE45

accent

#EC3C88

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1A8D

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

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