#5B1D8A#5B1D8A

#5B1D8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.169 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1D8A
RGB	rgb(91, 29, 138)
HSL	hsl(274, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(274, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 79%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.56, 47.30, -48.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.56, 67.58, 314.41°)
OKLab	oklab(38.83% 0.098 -0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(38.83% 0.169 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.3402, 4.9379, 24.5009)
Luminance	0.0494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1D8A #4C8A1D

analogous

#241D8A #5B1D8A #8A1D83

triadic

#5B1D8A #8A5B1D #1D8A5B

tetradic

#5B1D8A #8A241D #4C8A1D #1D838A

square

#5B1D8A #8A241D #4C8A1D #1D838A

split-complementary

#5B1D8A #838A1D #1D8A24

monochromatic

#180825 #3A1257 #5B1D8A #7C28BD #9B49D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.57

#5B1D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#5B1D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1D8A

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1D8A	1.00	10.57	1.99	10.57
#FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 29, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.169 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e61ad',
    500: '#5b1d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1d8a;
$custom-light: #8e61ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.128,
    "s": 65.269,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38827,
    "c": 0.16881,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1D8A

secondary

#7ABB48

accent

#E84088

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1D8A

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

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