#5B138E#5B138E

#5B138E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.182 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B138E
RGB	rgb(91, 19, 142)
HSL	hsl(275, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 86.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.69, 51.75, -52.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.69, 73.49, 314.77°)
OKLab	oklab(38.33% 0.1045 -0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(38.33% 0.182 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.4286, 4.6429, 25.9854)
Luminance	0.0464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.77

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B138E #468E13

analogous

#1E138E #5B138E #8E1384

triadic

#5B138E #8E5B13 #138E5B

tetradic

#5B138E #8E1E13 #468E13 #13848E

square

#5B138E #8E1E13 #468E13 #13848E

split-complementary

#5B138E #848E13 #138E1E

monochromatic

#160522 #380C58 #5B138E #7E1AC4 #9C37E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.89

#5B138E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#5B138E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B138E

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B138E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B138E	1.00	10.89	1.93	10.89
#FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b138e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 19, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.182 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5db0',
    500: '#5b138e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b138e;
$custom-light: #8f5db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b138e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.122,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38333,
    "c": 0.18187,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B138E

secondary

#73C23B

accent

#F33584

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B138E

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

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