#5B1E97#5B1E97

#5B1E97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.181 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5B1E97
RGBrgb(91, 30, 151)
HSLhsl(270, 67%, 35%)
HSVhsv(270, 80%, 59%)
CMYKcmyk(39.7%, 80.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LABlab(27.81, 50.03, -54.27)
CIE-LCHlch(27.81, 73.81, 312.67°)
OKLaboklab(40.05% 0.0937 -0.1551)
OKLCHoklch(40.05% 0.181 301.1)
XYZxyz(10.3632, 5.3870, 29.7660)
Luminance0.0539 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5B1E97 #5A971E
analogous
#1E1E97 #5B1E97 #971E96
triadic
#5B1E97 #975B1E #1E975B
tetradic
#5B1E97 #971E1E #5A971E #1E9697
square
#5B1E97 #971E1E #5A971E #1E9697
split-complementary
#5B1E97 #96971E #1E971E
monochromatic
#1D0A31 #3C1464 #5B1E97 #7A28CA #9853DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.11
#5B1E97 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08
#5B1E97 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1E97
10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5B1E97#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##5B1E971.0010.112.0810.11
#FFFFFF10.111.0021.001.00
#0000002.0821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF10.111.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#00419A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#004195
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#4D3F5B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5b1e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 30, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.181 301.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9062b7',
    500: '#5b1e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5b1e97;
$custom-light: #9062b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5b1e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.248,
    "s": 66.851,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40049,
    "c": 0.18115,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5B1E97
secondary
#88C051
accent
#EA3E93
background
#F9F6FB
surface
#F2EBF6
border
#CCC6D0
text
#0D0511
muted
#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1E97

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#5B1E97 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva