#5B1C9E#5B1C9E

#5B1C9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.190 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1C9E
RGB	rgb(91, 28, 158)
HSL	hsl(269, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(269, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 82.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.18, 52.51, -57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.18, 78.20, 312.18°)
OKLab	oklab(40.5% 0.093 -0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(40.5% 0.19 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.8996, 5.5231, 32.8329)
Luminance	0.0552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1C9E #5F9E1C

analogous

#1C1E9E #5B1C9E #9C1C9E

triadic

#5B1C9E #9E5B1C #1C9E5B

tetradic

#5B1C9E #9E1C1E #5F9E1C #1C9E9C

square

#5B1C9E #9E1C1E #5F9E1C #1C9E9C

split-complementary

#5B1C9E #9E9C1C #1E9E1C

monochromatic

#1F0A36 #3D136A #5B1C9E #7925D2 #9854E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#5B1C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#5B1C9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1C9E

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1C9E	1.00	9.98	2.10	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A415E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 28, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.190 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9061bc',
    500: '#5b1c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1c9e;
$custom-light: #9061bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.077,
    "s": 69.892,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40497,
    "c": 0.19015,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1C9E

secondary

#8DC452

accent

#ED3B97

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1C9E

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

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