#5B1E8B#5B1E8B

#5B1E8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.169 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1E8B
RGB	rgb(91, 30, 139)
HSL	hsl(274, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(274, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 78.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.78, 47.13, -48.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.78, 67.65, 314.16°)
OKLab	oklab(39.01% 0.0969 -0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(39.01% 0.169 305)
XYZ	xyz(9.4378, 5.0168, 24.8922)
Luminance	0.0502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1E8B #4E8B1E

analogous

#241E8B #5B1E8B #8B1E84

triadic

#5B1E8B #8B5B1E #1E8B5B

tetradic

#5B1E8B #8B241E #4E8B1E #1E848B

square

#5B1E8B #8B241E #4E8B1E #1E848B

split-complementary

#5B1E8B #848B1E #1E8B24

monochromatic

#190826 #3A1359 #5B1E8B #7C29BD #9A4BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.48

#5B1E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#5B1E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1E8B

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1E8B	1.00	10.48	2.00	10.48
#FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 30, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.169 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e61ae',
    500: '#5b1e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1e8b;
$custom-light: #8e61ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.578,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39012,
    "c": 0.16877,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.05017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1E8B

secondary

#7CBB4A

accent

#E7408A

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1E8B

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

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