#5B138A#5B138A

#5B138A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.178 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B138A
RGB	rgb(91, 19, 138)
HSL	hsl(276, 76%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 86%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 86.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.34, 50.85, -50.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.34, 71.50, 315.33°)
OKLab	oklab(37.98% 0.1059 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(37.98% 0.178 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.1337, 4.5250, 24.4321)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.64

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B138A #428A13

analogous

#20138A #5B138A #8A137D

triadic

#5B138A #8A5B13 #138A5B

tetradic

#5B138A #8A2013 #428A13 #137D8A

square

#5B138A #8A2013 #428A13 #137D8A

split-complementary

#5B138A #7D8A13 #138A20

monochromatic

#14041E #380C54 #5B138A #7E1AC0 #9E34E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#5B138A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#5B138A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B138A

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B138A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B138A	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b138a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 19, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.178 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5cad',
    500: '#5b138a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b138a;
$custom-light: #8f5cad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b138a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.303,
    "s": 75.796,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37977,
    "c": 0.17809,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B138A

secondary

#6FBE3A

accent

#F23580

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B138A

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

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