#5B138C#5B138C

#5B138C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.180 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B138C
RGB	rgb(91, 19, 140)
HSL	hsl(276, 76%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 86.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.51, 51.30, -51.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.51, 72.49, 315.04°)
OKLab	oklab(38.15% 0.1052 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(38.15% 0.18 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.2798, 4.5834, 25.2017)
Luminance	0.0458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.69

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B138C #448C13

analogous

#1E138C #5B138C #8C1380

triadic

#5B138C #8C5B13 #138C5B

tetradic

#5B138C #8C1E13 #448C13 #13808C

square

#5B138C #8C1E13 #448C13 #13808C

split-complementary

#5B138C #808C13 #138C1E

monochromatic

#150420 #380C56 #5B138C #7E1AC2 #9D36E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.96

#5B138C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#5B138C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B138C

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B138C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B138C	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)

#003B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b138c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 19, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.180 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5daf',
    500: '#5b138c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b138c;
$custom-light: #8f5daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b138c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.702,
    "s": 76.101,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38154,
    "c": 0.17997,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B138C

secondary

#71C03B

accent

#F33582

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B138C

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

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