#5B1E8E#5B1E8E

#5B1E8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.172 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1E8E
RGB	rgb(91, 30, 142)
HSL	hsl(273, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(273, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 78.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.03, 47.85, -49.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.03, 69.19, 313.75°)
OKLab	oklab(39.27% 0.0961 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(39.27% 0.172 304)
XYZ	xyz(9.6600, 5.1057, 26.0625)
Luminance	0.0511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1E8E #518E1E

analogous

#231E8E #5B1E8E #8E1E89

triadic

#5B1E8E #8E5B1E #1E8E5B

tetradic

#5B1E8E #8E231E #518E1E #1E898E

square

#5B1E8E #8E231E #518E1E #1E898E

split-complementary

#5B1E8E #898E1E #1E8E23

monochromatic

#1A0929 #3B135B #5B1E8E #7B29C1 #994DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.39

#5B1E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#5B1E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1E8E

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1E8E	1.00	10.39	2.02	10.39
#FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 30, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.172 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f61b0',
    500: '#5b1e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1e8e;
$custom-light: #8f61b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.679,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39266,
    "c": 0.17186,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.05106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1E8E

secondary

#7FBC4C

accent

#E8408C

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1E8E

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

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