#5B1E90#5B1E90

#5B1E90 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.174 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1E90
RGB	rgb(91, 30, 144)
HSL	hsl(272, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(272, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 79.2%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.20, 48.33, -50.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.20, 70.22, 313.49°)
OKLab	oklab(39.44% 0.0956 -0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(39.44% 0.174 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.8115, 5.1663, 26.8604)
Luminance	0.0517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1E90 #53901E

analogous

#221E90 #5B1E90 #901E8C

triadic

#5B1E90 #905B1E #1E905B

tetradic

#5B1E90 #90221E #53901E #1E8C90

square

#5B1E90 #90221E #53901E #1E8C90

split-complementary

#5B1E90 #8C901E #1E9022

monochromatic

#1B092B #3B135D #5B1E90 #7B29C3 #994EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.33

#5B1E90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#5B1E90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1E90

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1E90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1E90	1.00	10.33	2.03	10.33
#FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503C57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1e90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 30, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.174 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f61b1',
    500: '#5b1e90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1e90;
$custom-light: #8f61b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1e90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.105,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39437,
    "c": 0.17393,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1E90

secondary

#81BD4D

accent

#E83F8E

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1E90

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

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