#5B1E96#5B1E96

#5B1E96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.180 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1E96
RGB	rgb(91, 30, 150)
HSL	hsl(271, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 80%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.72, 49.79, -53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.72, 73.30, 312.78°)
OKLab	oklab(39.96% 0.0939 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(39.96% 0.18 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.2823, 5.3546, 29.3401)
Luminance	0.0536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1E96 #59961E

analogous

#1F1E96 #5B1E96 #961E95

triadic

#5B1E96 #965B1E #1E965B

tetradic

#5B1E96 #961F1E #59961E #1E9596

square

#5B1E96 #961F1E #59961E #1E9596

split-complementary

#5B1E96 #95961E #1E961F

monochromatic

#1D0A30 #3C1463 #5B1E96 #7A28C9 #9852DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.14

#5B1E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#5B1E96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1E96

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1E96	1.00	10.14	2.07	10.14
#FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004194

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 30, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.180 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f62b6',
    500: '#5b1e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1e96;
$custom-light: #8f62b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3996,
    "c": 0.18011,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1E96

secondary

#87BF50

accent

#EA3E92

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1E96

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

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