#5B185E#5B185E

#5B185E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.132 H 326.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B185E
RGB	rgb(91, 24, 94)
HSL	hsl(297, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(297, 74%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 74.5%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.61, 39.75, -26.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.61, 47.74, 326.37°)
OKLab	oklab(35% 0.1093 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(35% 0.132 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.6613, 3.6860, 10.9481)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B185E #1B5E18

analogous

#38185E #5B185E #5E183E

triadic

#5B185E #5E5B18 #185E5B

tetradic

#5B185E #5E3818 #1B5E18 #183E5E

square

#5B185E #5E3818 #1B5E18 #183E5E

split-complementary

#5B185E #3E5E18 #185E38

monochromatic

#180618 #2C0C2D #5B185E #8A248F #B931C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.09

#5B185E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#5B185E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B185E

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B185E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B185E	1.00	12.09	1.74	12.09
#FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#093160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28395C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2339

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b185e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 24, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.132 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5c8c',
    500: '#5b185e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b185e;
$custom-light: #8c5c8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b185e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.429,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35,
    "c": 0.13164,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B185E

secondary

#41943D

accent

#E3454C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B185E

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

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