#5B1C99#5B1C99

#5B1C99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.185 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5B1C99
RGBrgb(91, 28, 153)
HSLhsl(270, 69%, 35%)
HSVhsv(270, 82%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(40.5%, 81.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LABlab(27.72, 51.29, -55.64)
CIE-LCHlch(27.72, 75.67, 312.67°)
OKLaboklab(40.04% 0.0946 -0.1591)
OKLCHoklch(40.04% 0.185 300.7)
XYZxyz(10.4780, 5.3545, 30.6123)
Luminance0.0536 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5B1C99 #5A991C
analogous
#1C1C99 #5B1C99 #991C98
triadic
#5B1C99 #995B1C #1C995B
tetradic
#5B1C99 #991C1C #5A991C #1C9899
square
#5B1C99 #991C1C #5A991C #1C9899
split-complementary
#5B1C99 #98991C #1C991C
monochromatic
#1D0932 #3C1365 #5B1C99 #7A25CD #9850DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.14
#5B1C99 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07
#5B1C99 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1C99
10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5B1C99#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##5B1C991.0010.142.0710.14
#FFFFFF10.141.0021.001.00
#0000002.0721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF10.141.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#00419C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#004197
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#4D3F5B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5b1c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 28, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.185 300.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9061b8',
    500: '#5b1c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5b1c99;
$custom-light: #9061b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5b1c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.24,
    "s": 69.061,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40042,
    "c": 0.18508,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5B1C99
secondary
#88C24F
accent
#EC3C93
background
#F9F6FB
surface
#F2EBF6
border
#CCC6D0
text
#0D0511
muted
#7E7A80

Preview Lab

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#5B1C99 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva