#5B1C8A#5B1C8A

#5B1C8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.170 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1C8A
RGB	rgb(91, 28, 138)
HSL	hsl(274, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(274, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 79.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.42, 47.70, -48.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.42, 68.02, 314.52°)
OKLab	oklab(38.73% 0.0989 -0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(38.73% 0.17 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.3161, 4.8897, 24.4929)
Luminance	0.0489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1C8A #4B8A1C

analogous

#241C8A #5B1C8A #8A1C82

triadic

#5B1C8A #8A5B1C #1C8A5B

tetradic

#5B1C8A #8A241C #4B8A1C #1C828A

square

#5B1C8A #8A241C #4B8A1C #1C828A

split-complementary

#5B1C8A #828A1C #1C8A24

monochromatic

#180724 #391257 #5B1C8A #7D26BD #9B47DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.62

#5B1C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#5B1C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1C8A

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1C8A	1.00	10.62	1.98	10.62
#FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 28, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.170 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e60ad',
    500: '#5b1c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1c8a;
$custom-light: #8e60ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.364,
    "s": 66.265,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3873,
    "c": 0.16986,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1C8A

secondary

#78BB46

accent

#E93F87

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1C8A

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

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