#5B1BA1#5B1BA1

#5B1BA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.194 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1BA1
RGB	rgb(91, 27, 161)
HSL	hsl(269, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(269, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 83.2%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.33, 53.60, -59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.33, 80.10, 312.00°)
OKLab	oklab(40.69% 0.0927 -0.1704)
OKLCH	oklch(40.69% 0.194 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.1377, 5.5810, 34.2018)
Luminance	0.0558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1BA1 #61A11B

analogous

#1B1EA1 #5B1BA1 #9E1BA1

triadic

#5B1BA1 #A15B1B #1BA15B

tetradic

#5B1BA1 #A11B1E #61A11B #1BA19E

square

#5B1BA1 #A11B1E #61A11B #1BA19E

split-complementary

#5B1BA1 #A19E1B #1EA11B

monochromatic

#200938 #3D126D #5B1BA1 #7924D5 #9854E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.92

#5B1BA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#5B1BA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1BA1

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1BA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1BA1	1.00	9.92	2.12	9.92
#FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494260

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1ba1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 27, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.194 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9161be',
    500: '#5b1ba1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1ba1;
$custom-light: #9161be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1ba1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.657,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40688,
    "c": 0.19403,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1BA1

secondary

#8EC552

accent

#EE3A98

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1BA1

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

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