#5B1D89#5B1D89

#5B1D89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.168 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1D89
RGB	rgb(91, 29, 137)
HSL	hsl(274, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(274, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 78.8%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.47, 47.06, -47.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.47, 67.07, 314.56°)
OKLab	oklab(38.74% 0.0983 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(38.74% 0.168 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.2681, 4.9091, 24.1214)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1D89 #4B891D

analogous

#251D89 #5B1D89 #891D81

triadic

#5B1D89 #895B1D #1D895B

tetradic

#5B1D89 #89251D #4B891D #1D8189

square

#5B1D89 #89251D #4B891D #1D8189

split-complementary

#5B1D89 #81891D #1D8925

monochromatic

#180824 #391256 #5B1D89 #7D28BC #9B48D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.60

#5B1D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#5B1D89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1D89

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1D89	1.00	10.60	1.98	10.60
#FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533852

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 29, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.168 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e60ac',
    500: '#5b1d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1d89;
$custom-light: #8e60ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.444,
    "s": 65.06,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38743,
    "c": 0.16778,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1D89

secondary

#78BA47

accent

#E84087

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1D89

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

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