#5B138F#5B138F

#5B138F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.183 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B138F
RGB	rgb(91, 19, 143)
HSL	hsl(275, 77%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 86.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.78, 51.98, -52.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.78, 73.98, 314.63°)
OKLab	oklab(38.42% 0.1042 -0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(38.42% 0.183 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.5040, 4.6731, 26.3826)
Luminance	0.0467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.82

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B138F #478F13

analogous

#1D138F #5B138F #8F1385

triadic

#5B138F #8F5B13 #138F5B

tetradic

#5B138F #8F1D13 #478F13 #13858F

square

#5B138F #8F1D13 #478F13 #13858F

split-complementary

#5B138F #858F13 #138F1D

monochromatic

#160523 #390C59 #5B138F #7D1AC5 #9C38E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.85

#5B138F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#5B138F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B138F

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B138F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B138F	1.00	10.85	1.93	10.85
#FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b138f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 19, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.183 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5db1',
    500: '#5b138f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b138f;
$custom-light: #8f5db1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b138f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.839,
    "s": 76.543,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38422,
    "c": 0.18281,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B138F

secondary

#74C33B

accent

#F33585

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B138F

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

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