#5B185B#5B185B

#5B185B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.129 H 327.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B185B
RGB	rgb(91, 24, 91)
HSL	hsl(300, 58%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(300, 74%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.6%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.42, 39.17, -24.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.42, 46.34, 327.72°)
OKLab	oklab(34.81% 0.1092 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(34.81% 0.129 327.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.5293, 3.6332, 10.2529)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B185B #185B18

analogous

#39185B #5B185B #5B1839

triadic

#5B185B #5B5B18 #185B5B

tetradic

#5B185B #5B3918 #185B18 #18395B

square

#5B185B #5B3918 #185B18 #18395B

split-complementary

#5B185B #395B18 #185B39

monochromatic

#180618 #2B0B2B #5B185B #8B258B #BC32BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.16

#5B185B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#5B185B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B185B

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B185B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B185B	1.00	12.16	1.73	12.16
#FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D305D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#293959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2237

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b185b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 24, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.129 327.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5c8a',
    500: '#5b185b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b185b;
$custom-light: #8c5c8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b185b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34807,
    "c": 0.12894,
    "h": 327.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B185B

secondary

#3D923D

accent

#E14646

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B185B

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

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