#5B118E#5B118E

#5B118E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.183 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B118E
RGB	rgb(91, 17, 142)
HSL	hsl(276, 79%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 88%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 88%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.50, 52.33, -52.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.50, 74.12, 314.91°)
OKLab	oklab(38.2% 0.1058 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(38.2% 0.183 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.3962, 4.5781, 25.9746)
Luminance	0.0458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.63

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B118E #448E11

analogous

#1C118E #5B118E #8E1182

triadic

#5B118E #8E5B11 #118E5B

tetradic

#5B118E #8E1C11 #448E11 #11828E

square

#5B118E #8E1C11 #448E11 #11828E

split-complementary

#5B118E #828E11 #118E1C

monochromatic

#150421 #380A57 #5B118E #7E18C5 #9D33E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.96

#5B118E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#5B118E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B118E

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B118E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B118E	1.00	10.96	1.92	10.96
#FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513653

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b118e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 17, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.183 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5cb0',
    500: '#5b118e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b118e;
$custom-light: #8f5cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b118e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.52,
    "s": 78.616,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38198,
    "c": 0.18333,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B118E

secondary

#71C238

accent

#F53382

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2E9F5

border

#CCC5CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B118E

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

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