#5B1A97#5B1A97

#5B1A97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.185 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1A97
RGB	rgb(91, 26, 151)
HSL	hsl(271, 71%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 83%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 82.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.29, 51.54, -55.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.29, 75.46, 313.08°)
OKLab	oklab(39.69% 0.0967 -0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(39.69% 0.185 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.2683, 5.1972, 29.7343)
Luminance	0.0520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1A97 #56971A

analogous

#1D1A97 #5B1A97 #971A95

triadic

#5B1A97 #975B1A #1A975B

tetradic

#5B1A97 #971D1A #56971A #1A9597

square

#5B1A97 #971D1A #56971A #1A9597

split-complementary

#5B1A97 #95971A #1A971D

monochromatic

#1C082F #3C1163 #5B1A97 #7A23CB #994BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.30

#5B1A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#5B1A97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1A97

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1A97	1.00	10.30	2.04	10.30
#FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004095

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3D5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 26, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.185 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9060b7',
    500: '#5b1a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1a97;
$custom-light: #9060b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.2,
    "s": 70.621,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39687,
    "c": 0.18485,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1A97

secondary

#84C24B

accent

#ED3A90

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1A97

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

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