#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
RGBrgb(91, 29, 141)
HSLhsl(273, 66%, 33%)
HSVhsv(273, 79%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(35.5%, 79.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LABlab(26.81, 48.01, -49.73)
CIE-LCHlch(26.81, 69.12, 313.99°)
OKLaboklab(39.08% 0.0973 -0.1417)
OKLCHoklch(39.08% 0.172 304.5)
XYZxyz(9.5604, 5.0260, 25.6606)
Luminance0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

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
##5B1D8D1.0010.472.0110.47
#FFFFFF10.471.0021.001.00
#0000002.0121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF10.471.0021.001.00

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

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#5B1D8D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva