#5B1D95#5B1D95

#5B1D95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.180 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1D95
RGB	rgb(91, 29, 149)
HSL	hsl(271, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 81%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 80.5%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.50, 49.94, -53.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.50, 73.22, 313.00°)
OKLab	oklab(39.78% 0.095 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(39.78% 0.18 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.1772, 5.2728, 28.9095)
Luminance	0.0527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.38

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1D95 #57951D

analogous

#1F1D95 #5B1D95 #951D93

triadic

#5B1D95 #955B1D #1D955B

tetradic

#5B1D95 #951F1D #57951D #1D9395

square

#5B1D95 #951F1D #57951D #1D9395

split-complementary

#5B1D95 #93951D #1D951F

monochromatic

#1C092F #3C1362 #5B1D95 #7A27C8 #9950DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.22

#5B1D95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#5B1D95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1D95

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1D95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1D95	1.00	10.22	2.05	10.22
#FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004093

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3E59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1d95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 29, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.180 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f61b5',
    500: '#5b1d95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1d95;
$custom-light: #8f61b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1d95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271,
    "s": 67.416,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39777,
    "c": 0.18006,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1D95

secondary

#85C04E

accent

#EA3D91

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1D95

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

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