#5B118C#5B118C

#5B118C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.181 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B118C
RGB	rgb(91, 17, 140)
HSL	hsl(276, 78%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 88%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 87.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.32, 51.88, -51.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.32, 73.13, 315.18°)
OKLab	oklab(38.02% 0.1065 -0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(38.02% 0.181 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.2474, 4.5186, 25.1909)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.55

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B118C #428C11

analogous

#1E118C #5B118C #8C117F

triadic

#5B118C #8C5B11 #118C5B

tetradic

#5B118C #8C1E11 #428C11 #117F8C

square

#5B118C #8C1E11 #428C11 #117F8C

split-complementary

#5B118C #7F8C11 #118C1E

monochromatic

#14041F #380A55 #5B118C #7E18C3 #9E31E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.03

#5B118C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#5B118C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B118C

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B118C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B118C	1.00	11.03	1.90	11.03
#FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b118c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 17, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.181 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5caf',
    500: '#5b118c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b118c;
$custom-light: #8f5caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b118c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.098,
    "s": 78.344,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38018,
    "c": 0.18147,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B118C

secondary

#6FC138

accent

#F53380

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B118C

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

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