#5B1B7D#5B1B7D

#5B1B7D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.158 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1B7D
RGB	rgb(91, 27, 125)
HSL	hsl(279, 64%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(279, 78%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 78.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.23, 45.08, -42.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.23, 61.80, 316.84°)
OKLab	oklab(37.56% 0.1028 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(37.56% 0.158 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.4073, 4.4889, 19.8216)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1B7D #3D7D1B

analogous

#2A1B7D #5B1B7D #7D1B6E

triadic

#5B1B7D #7D5B1B #1B7D5B

tetradic

#5B1B7D #7D2A1B #3D7D1B #1B6E7D

square

#5B1B7D #7D2A1B #3D7D1B #1B6E7D

split-complementary

#5B1B7D #6E7D1B #1B7D2A

monochromatic

#120519 #36104B #5B1B7D #8026AF #A03DD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.07

#5B1B7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#5B1B7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1B7D

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1B7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1B7D	1.00	11.07	1.90	11.07
#FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043D7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1b7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 27, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.158 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5fa3',
    500: '#5b1b7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1b7d;
$custom-light: #8d5fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1b7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.184,
    "s": 64.474,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37562,
    "c": 0.15784,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1B7D

secondary

#69B143

accent

#E7407A

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1B7D

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

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