#5B1C8E#5B1C8E

#5B1C8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.174 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1C8E
RGB	rgb(91, 28, 142)
HSL	hsl(273, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(273, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 80.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.76, 48.65, -50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.76, 70.07, 313.97°)
OKLab	oklab(39.07% 0.0979 -0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(39.07% 0.174 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.6110, 5.0077, 26.0462)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1C8E #4F8E1C

analogous

#221C8E #5B1C8E #8E1C88

triadic

#5B1C8E #8E5B1C #1C8E5B

tetradic

#5B1C8E #8E221C #4F8E1C #1C888E

square

#5B1C8E #8E221C #4F8E1C #1C888E

split-complementary

#5B1C8E #888E1C #1C8E22

monochromatic

#190828 #3A125B #5B1C8E #7C26C1 #9A49DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#5B1C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#5B1C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1C8E

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1C8E	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 28, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.174 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f60b0',
    500: '#5b1c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1c8e;
$custom-light: #8f60b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.158,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39072,
    "c": 0.17392,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1C8E

secondary

#7DBD49

accent

#EA3E8B

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1C8E

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

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