#5B1F95#5B1F95

#5B1F95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.178 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1F95
RGB	rgb(91, 31, 149)
HSL	hsl(271, 66%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 79%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 79.2%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.77, 49.14, -53.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.77, 72.35, 312.78°)
OKLab	oklab(39.97% 0.0934 -0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(39.97% 0.178 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.2279, 5.3740, 28.9264)
Luminance	0.0537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1F95 #59951F

analogous

#201F95 #5B1F95 #951F94

triadic

#5B1F95 #955B1F #1F955B

tetradic

#5B1F95 #95201F #59951F #1F9495

square

#5B1F95 #95201F #59951F #1F9495

split-complementary

#5B1F95 #94951F #1F9520

monochromatic

#1D0A30 #3C1462 #5B1F95 #7A2AC8 #9853DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.12

#5B1F95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#5B1F95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1F95

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1F95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1F95	1.00	10.12	2.07	10.12
#FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004193

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1f95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 31, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.178 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f62b5',
    500: '#5b1f95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1f95;
$custom-light: #8f62b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1f95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.508,
    "s": 65.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3997,
    "c": 0.17807,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1F95

secondary

#87BF51

accent

#E93F92

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1F95

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

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