#5B1B94#5B1B94

#5B1B94 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.181 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1B94
RGB	rgb(91, 27, 148)
HSL	hsl(272, 69%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(272, 82%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 81.8%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.15, 50.46, -53.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.15, 73.55, 313.32°)
OKLab	oklab(39.51% 0.0969 -0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(39.51% 0.181 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.0503, 5.1461, 28.4750)
Luminance	0.0515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.10

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1B94 #54941B

analogous

#1F1B94 #5B1B94 #941B91

triadic

#5B1B94 #945B1B #1B945B

tetradic

#5B1B94 #941F1B #54941B #1B9194

square

#5B1B94 #941F1B #54941B #1B9194

split-complementary

#5B1B94 #91941B #1B941F

monochromatic

#1B082C #3B1260 #5B1B94 #7B24C8 #994BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.35

#5B1B94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#5B1B94 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1B94

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1B94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1B94	1.00	10.35	2.03	10.35
#FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004092

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1b94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 27, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.181 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f60b4',
    500: '#5b1b94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1b94;
$custom-light: #8f60b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1b94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.736,
    "s": 69.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39505,
    "c": 0.18095,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1B94

secondary

#82C04B

accent

#EC3C8F

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1B94

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

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