#5B1D8D#5B1D8D

#5B1D8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.172 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1D8D
RGB	rgb(91, 29, 141)
HSL	hsl(273, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(273, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 79.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.81, 48.01, -49.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.81, 69.12, 313.99°)
OKLab	oklab(39.08% 0.0973 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(39.08% 0.172 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.5604, 5.0260, 25.6606)
Luminance	0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1D8D #4F8D1D

analogous

#231D8D #5B1D8D #8D1D87

triadic

#5B1D8D #8D5B1D #1D8D5B

tetradic

#5B1D8D #8D231D #4F8D1D #1D878D

square

#5B1D8D #8D231D #4F8D1D #1D878D

split-complementary

#5B1D8D #878D1D #1D8D23

monochromatic

#190827 #3A135A #5B1D8D #7C27C0 #9A4BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.47

#5B1D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#5B1D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1D8D

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1D8D	1.00	10.47	2.01	10.47
#FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 29, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.172 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f61af',
    500: '#5b1d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1d8d;
$custom-light: #8f61af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.214,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39082,
    "c": 0.17188,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1D8D

secondary

#7DBC4A

accent

#E93F8B

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1D8D

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

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