#5B148E#5B148E

#5B148E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.181 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B148E
RGB	rgb(91, 20, 142)
HSL	hsl(275, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 85.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.80, 51.45, -52.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.80, 73.15, 314.69°)
OKLab	oklab(38.4% 0.1039 -0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(38.4% 0.181 305)
XYZ	xyz(9.4459, 4.6775, 25.9912)
Luminance	0.0468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.84

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B148E #478E14

analogous

#1E148E #5B148E #8E1484

triadic

#5B148E #8E5B14 #148E5B

tetradic

#5B148E #8E1E14 #478E14 #14848E

square

#5B148E #8E1E14 #478E14 #14848E

split-complementary

#5B148E #848E14 #148E1E

monochromatic

#160523 #390C58 #5B148E #7D1CC4 #9C39E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.85

#5B148E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#5B148E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B148E

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B148E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B148E	1.00	10.85	1.94	10.85
#FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.85	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: #5b148e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 20, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.181 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5db0',
    500: '#5b148e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b148e;
$custom-light: #8f5db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b148e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.918,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38404,
    "c": 0.18109,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.04677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B148E

secondary

#74C23C

accent

#F23684

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B148E

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

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