#5B1E98#5B1E98

#5B1E98 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.182 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1E98
RGB	rgb(91, 30, 152)
HSL	hsl(270, 67%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(270, 80%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 80.3%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.90, 50.27, -54.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.90, 74.32, 312.57°)
OKLab	oklab(40.14% 0.0934 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(40.14% 0.182 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.4447, 5.4196, 30.1955)
Luminance	0.0542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1E98 #5B981E

analogous

#1E1E98 #5B1E98 #981E98

triadic

#5B1E98 #985B1E #1E985B

tetradic

#5B1E98 #981E1E #5B981E #1E9898

square

#5B1E98 #981E1E #5B981E #1E9898

split-complementary

#5B1E98 #98981E #1E981E

monochromatic

#1E0A32 #3C1465 #5B1E98 #7A28CB #9853DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.08

#5B1E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#5B1E98 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1E98

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1E98	1.00	10.08	2.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004196

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D3F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 30, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.182 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9062b7',
    500: '#5b1e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1e98;
$custom-light: #9062b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 67.033,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40138,
    "c": 0.18217,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1E98

secondary

#89C051

accent

#EA3E94

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1E98

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

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