#5B138D#5B138D

#5B138D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.181 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B138D
RGB	rgb(91, 19, 141)
HSL	hsl(275, 76%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(275, 87%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 86.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.60, 51.52, -51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.60, 72.99, 314.90°)
OKLab	oklab(38.24% 0.1049 -0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(38.24% 0.181 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3539, 4.6130, 25.5918)
Luminance	0.0461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.72

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B138D #458D13

analogous

#1E138D #5B138D #8D1382

triadic

#5B138D #8D5B13 #138D5B

tetradic

#5B138D #8D1E13 #458D13 #13828D

square

#5B138D #8D1E13 #458D13 #13828D

split-complementary

#5B138D #828D13 #138D1E

monochromatic

#150421 #380C57 #5B138D #7E1AC3 #9D36E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.92

#5B138D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#5B138D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B138D

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B138D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B138D	1.00	10.92	1.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513653

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b138d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 19, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.181 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5daf',
    500: '#5b138d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b138d;
$custom-light: #8f5daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b138d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.41,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38243,
    "c": 0.18092,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B138D

secondary

#72C13B

accent

#F33583

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B138D

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

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