#5B185A#5B185A

#5B185A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.128 H 328.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B185A
RGB	rgb(91, 24, 90)
HSL	hsl(301, 58%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(301, 74%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.6%, 1.1%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.36, 38.98, -24.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.36, 45.87, 328.19°)
OKLab	oklab(34.74% 0.1092 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(34.74% 0.128 328.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.4864, 3.6161, 10.0272)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B185A #185B19

analogous

#3B185B #5B185A #5B1838

triadic

#5B185A #5A5B18 #185A5B

tetradic

#5B185A #5B3B18 #185B19 #18385B

square

#5B185A #5B3B18 #185B19 #18385B

split-complementary

#5B185A #385B18 #185B3B

monochromatic

#180618 #2B0B2A #5B185A #8B258A #BC32BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.19

#5B185A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#5B185A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B185A

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B185A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B185A	1.00	12.19	1.72	12.19
#FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F305C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A3958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2137

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b185a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 24, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.128 328.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5c89',
    500: '#5b185a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b185a;
$custom-light: #8c5c89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b185a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.896,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34744,
    "c": 0.12804,
    "h": 328.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B185A

secondary

#3D923E

accent

#E14946

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B185A

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

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