#5B148D#5B148D

#5B148D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.180 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B148D
RGB	rgb(91, 20, 141)
HSL	hsl(275, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 85.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.71, 51.22, -51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.71, 72.65, 314.83°)
OKLab	oklab(38.32% 0.1042 -0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(38.32% 0.18 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.3712, 4.6476, 25.5975)
Luminance	0.0465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.80

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B148D #468D14

analogous

#1F148D #5B148D #8D1483

triadic

#5B148D #8D5B14 #148D5B

tetradic

#5B148D #8D1F14 #468D14 #14838D

square

#5B148D #8D1F14 #468D14 #14838D

split-complementary

#5B148D #838D14 #148D1F

monochromatic

#160522 #380C57 #5B148D #7E1CC3 #9C39E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.88

#5B148D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#5B148D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B148D

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B148D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B148D	1.00	10.88	1.93	10.88
#FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b148d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 20, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.180 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5daf',
    500: '#5b148d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b148d;
$custom-light: #8f5daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b148d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.207,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38315,
    "c": 0.18014,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B148D

secondary

#73C13C

accent

#F23684

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B148D

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

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