#5B1B92#5B1B92

#5B1B92 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.179 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1B92
RGB	rgb(91, 27, 146)
HSL	hsl(272, 69%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(272, 82%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 81.5%, 0%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.97, 49.98, -52.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.97, 72.53, 313.56°)
OKLab	oklab(39.33% 0.0975 -0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(39.33% 0.179 303)
XYZ	xyz(9.8934, 5.0833, 27.6485)
Luminance	0.0508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1B92 #52921B

analogous

#201B92 #5B1B92 #921B8E

triadic

#5B1B92 #925B1B #1B925B

tetradic

#5B1B92 #92201B #52921B #1B8E92

square

#5B1B92 #92201B #52921B #1B8E92

split-complementary

#5B1B92 #8E921B #1B9220

monochromatic

#1B082B #3B115E #5B1B92 #7B25C6 #994ADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.41

#5B1B92 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#5B1B92 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1B92

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1B92	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1B92	1.00	10.41	2.02	10.41
#FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1b92;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 27, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.179 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f60b3',
    500: '#5b1b92',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1b92;
$custom-light: #8f60b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1b92",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.269,
    "s": 68.786,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39329,
    "c": 0.17894,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.05083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1B92

secondary

#80BF49

accent

#EC3C8D

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1B92

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

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