#5B1B97#5B1B97

#5B1B97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.184 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1B97
RGB	rgb(91, 27, 151)
HSL	hsl(271, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 82%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 82.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.41, 51.18, -54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.41, 75.07, 312.98°)
OKLab	oklab(39.77% 0.096 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(39.77% 0.184 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.2909, 5.2423, 29.7419)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1B97 #57971B

analogous

#1D1B97 #5B1B97 #971B95

triadic

#5B1B97 #975B1B #1B975B

tetradic

#5B1B97 #971D1B #57971B #1B9597

square

#5B1B97 #971D1B #57971B #1B9597

split-complementary

#5B1B97 #95971B #1B971D

monochromatic

#1C082F #3C1263 #5B1B97 #7A24CB #994DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#5B1B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#5B1B97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1B97

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1B97	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004095

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 27, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.184 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9060b7',
    500: '#5b1b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1b97;
$custom-light: #9060b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.968,
    "s": 69.663,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39773,
    "c": 0.18396,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1B97

secondary

#85C14C

accent

#EC3B91

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1B97

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

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