#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
RGB	rgb(91, 30, 151)
HSL	hsl(270, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 80.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.81, 50.03, -54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.81, 73.81, 312.67°)
OKLab	oklab(40.05% 0.0937 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(40.05% 0.181 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.3632, 5.3870, 29.7660)
Luminance	0.0539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##5B1E97	1.00	10.11	2.08	10.11
#FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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