#5B1B89#5B1B89

#5B1B89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.170 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1B89
RGB	rgb(91, 27, 137)
HSL	hsl(275, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 80.3%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.20, 47.85, -48.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.20, 67.94, 314.77°)
OKLab	oklab(38.55% 0.1 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(38.55% 0.17 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.2207, 4.8142, 24.1055)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1B89 #49891B

analogous

#241B89 #5B1B89 #891B80

triadic

#5B1B89 #895B1B #1B895B

tetradic

#5B1B89 #89241B #49891B #1B8089

square

#5B1B89 #89241B #49891B #1B8089

split-complementary

#5B1B89 #80891B #1B8924

monochromatic

#170723 #391156 #5B1B89 #7D25BC #9B44DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#5B1B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#5B1B89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1B89

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1B89	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 27, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.170 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e60ac',
    500: '#5b1b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1b89;
$custom-light: #8e60ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.909,
    "s": 67.073,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3855,
    "c": 0.16987,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1B89

secondary

#76BC44

accent

#EA3E86

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1B89

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

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