#5B1E8A#5B1E8A

#5B1E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.168 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1E8A
RGB	rgb(91, 30, 138)
HSL	hsl(274, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(274, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 78.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.70, 46.89, -48.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.70, 67.13, 314.30°)
OKLab	oklab(38.93% 0.0971 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(38.93% 0.168 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3651, 4.9877, 24.5092)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1E8A #4D8A1E

analogous

#251E8A #5B1E8A #8A1E83

triadic

#5B1E8A #8A5B1E #1E8A5B

tetradic

#5B1E8A #8A251E #4D8A1E #1E838A

square

#5B1E8A #8A251E #4D8A1E #1E838A

split-complementary

#5B1E8A #838A1E #1E8A25

monochromatic

#190825 #3A1358 #5B1E8A #7C29BC #9A4BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#5B1E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#5B1E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1E8A

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1E8A	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	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: #5b1e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 30, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.168 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e61ad',
    500: '#5b1e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1e8a;
$custom-light: #8e61ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.889,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38928,
    "c": 0.16773,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1E8A

secondary

#7BBA4A

accent

#E74189

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1E8A

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

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