#5B148A#5B148A

#5B148A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.177 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B148A
RGB	rgb(91, 20, 138)
HSL	hsl(276, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 86%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 85.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.44, 50.54, -50.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.44, 71.16, 315.25°)
OKLab	oklab(38.05% 0.1052 -0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(38.05% 0.177 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.1510, 4.5595, 24.4378)
Luminance	0.0456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.71

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B148A #438A14

analogous

#20148A #5B148A #8A147E

triadic

#5B148A #8A5B14 #148A5B

tetradic

#5B148A #8A2014 #438A14 #147E8A

square

#5B148A #8A2014 #438A14 #147E8A

split-complementary

#5B148A #7E8A14 #148A20

monochromatic

#15051F #380C55 #5B148A #7E1CBF #9E36E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.98

#5B148A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#5B148A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B148A

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B148A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B148A	1.00	10.98	1.91	10.98
#FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b148a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 20, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.177 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5dad',
    500: '#5b148a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b148a;
$custom-light: #8f5dad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b148a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.102,
    "s": 74.684,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38049,
    "c": 0.1773,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B148A

secondary

#70BE3C

accent

#F13681

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B148A

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

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