#5B1F96#5B1F96

#5B1F96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.179 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B1F96
RGB	rgb(91, 31, 150)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 79%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 79.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.86, 49.38, -53.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.86, 72.86, 312.67°)
OKLab	oklab(40.06% 0.0931 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(40.06% 0.179 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.3080, 5.4061, 29.3487)
Luminance	0.0541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B1F96 #5A961F

analogous

#1F1F96 #5B1F96 #961F95

triadic

#5B1F96 #965B1F #1F965B

tetradic

#5B1F96 #961F1F #5A961F #1F9596

square

#5B1F96 #961F1F #5A961F #1F9596

split-complementary

#5B1F96 #95961F #1F961F

monochromatic

#1D0A31 #3C1563 #5B1F96 #7A29C9 #9854DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.09

#5B1F96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#5B1F96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B1F96

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B1F96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B1F96	1.00	10.09	2.08	10.09
#FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004194

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3F5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b1f96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 31, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.179 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f62b6',
    500: '#5b1f96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b1f96;
$custom-light: #8f62b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b1f96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.252,
    "s": 65.746,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40058,
    "c": 0.17911,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B1F96

secondary

#88BF52

accent

#E93F93

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B1F96

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

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