#5B1B95#5B1B95

#5B1B95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.182 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1B95
RGB	rgb(91, 27, 149)
HSL	hsl(271, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 82%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 81.9%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.24, 50.70, -53.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.24, 74.05, 313.21°)
OKLab	oklab(39.59% 0.0966 -0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(39.59% 0.182 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.1298, 5.1779, 28.8937)
Luminance	0.0518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.23

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1B95 #55951B

analogous

#1E1B95 #5B1B95 #951B92

triadic

#5B1B95 #955B1B #1B955B

tetradic

#5B1B95 #951E1B #55951B #1B9295

square

#5B1B95 #951E1B #55951B #1B9295

split-complementary

#5B1B95 #92951B #1B951E

monochromatic

#1C082D #3B1261 #5B1B95 #7B24C9 #994CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.32

#5B1B95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#5B1B95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1B95

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1B95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1B95	1.00	10.32	2.04	10.32
#FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004093

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1b95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 27, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.182 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9060b5',
    500: '#5b1b95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1b95;
$custom-light: #9060b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1b95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.475,
    "s": 69.318,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39594,
    "c": 0.18195,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1B95

secondary

#83C14B

accent

#EC3C90

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1B95

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

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