#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
RGBrgb(91, 30, 142)
HSLhsl(273, 65%, 34%)
HSVhsv(273, 79%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(35.9%, 78.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(27.03, 47.85, -49.98)
CIE-LCHlch(27.03, 69.19, 313.75°)
OKLaboklab(39.27% 0.0961 -0.1425)
OKLCHoklch(39.27% 0.172 304)
XYZxyz(9.6600, 5.1057, 26.0625)
Luminance0.0511 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

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
##5B1E8E1.0010.392.0210.39
#FFFFFF10.391.0021.001.00
#0000002.0221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF10.391.0021.001.00

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

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#5B1E8E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva