#5B1D97#5B1D97

#5B1D97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.182 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1D97
RGB	rgb(91, 29, 151)
HSL	hsl(270, 68%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 81%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 80.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.67, 50.42, -54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.67, 74.24, 312.78°)
OKLab	oklab(39.95% 0.0945 -0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(39.95% 0.182 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.3383, 5.3372, 29.7577)
Luminance	0.0534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1D97 #59971D

analogous

#1E1D97 #5B1D97 #971D96

triadic

#5B1D97 #975B1D #1D975B

tetradic

#5B1D97 #971E1D #59971D #1D9697

square

#5B1D97 #971E1D #59971D #1D9697

split-complementary

#5B1D97 #96971D #1D971E

monochromatic

#1D0930 #3C1364 #5B1D97 #7A27CA #9851DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.16

#5B1D97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#5B1D97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1D97

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1D97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1D97	1.00	10.16	2.07	10.16
#FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004195

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1d97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 29, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.182 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9061b7',
    500: '#5b1d97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1d97;
$custom-light: #9061b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1d97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.492,
    "s": 67.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39954,
    "c": 0.18211,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1D97

secondary

#87C04F

accent

#EB3D92

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1D97

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

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