#5B1C8F#5B1C8F

#5B1C8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.175 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1C8F
RGB	rgb(91, 28, 143)
HSL	hsl(273, 67%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(273, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 80.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.84, 48.88, -50.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.84, 70.58, 313.83°)
OKLab	oklab(39.16% 0.0976 -0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(39.16% 0.175 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.6864, 5.0378, 26.4434)
Luminance	0.0504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1C8F #508F1C

analogous

#221C8F #5B1C8F #8F1C89

triadic

#5B1C8F #8F5B1C #1C8F5B

tetradic

#5B1C8F #8F221C #508F1C #1C898F

square

#5B1C8F #8F221C #508F1C #1C898F

split-complementary

#5B1C8F #898F1C #1C8F22

monochromatic

#1A0829 #3A125C #5B1C8F #7C26C2 #9A4ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.46

#5B1C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#5B1C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1C8F

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1C8F	1.00	10.46	2.01	10.46
#FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513B56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 28, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.175 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f60b1',
    500: '#5b1c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1c8f;
$custom-light: #8f60b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.87,
    "s": 67.251,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39158,
    "c": 0.17493,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1C8F

secondary

#7EBE49

accent

#EA3E8C

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1C8F

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

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