#5B185D#5B185D

#5B185D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.131 H 326.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B185D
RGB	rgb(91, 24, 93)
HSL	hsl(298, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(298, 74%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 74.2%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.54, 39.55, -25.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.54, 47.27, 326.80°)
OKLab	oklab(34.94% 0.1093 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(34.94% 0.131 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.6167, 3.6682, 10.7133)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B185D #1A5D18

analogous

#38185D #5B185D #5D183C

triadic

#5B185D #5D5B18 #185D5B

tetradic

#5B185D #5D3818 #1A5D18 #183C5D

square

#5B185D #5D3818 #1A5D18 #183C5D

split-complementary

#5B185D #3C5D18 #185D38

monochromatic

#180618 #2B0B2C #5B185D #8B258E #BA31BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.11

#5B185D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#5B185D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B185D

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B185D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B185D	1.00	12.11	1.73	12.11
#FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A305F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28395B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2338

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b185d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 24, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.131 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5c8b',
    500: '#5b185d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b185d;
$custom-light: #8c5c8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b185d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.261,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34935,
    "c": 0.13073,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B185D

secondary

#40933D

accent

#E2464A

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B185D

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

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