#5B186B#5B186B

#5B186B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.144 H 319.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B186B
RGB	rgb(91, 24, 107)
HSL	hsl(288, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(288, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 77.6%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.47, 42.35, -33.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.47, 54.04, 321.60°)
OKLab	oklab(35.89% 0.1086 -0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(35.89% 0.144 319)
XYZ	xyz(7.2945, 3.9393, 14.2832)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B186B #286B18

analogous

#31186B #5B186B #6B1851

triadic

#5B186B #6B5B18 #186B5B

tetradic

#5B186B #6B3118 #286B18 #18516B

square

#5B186B #6B3118 #286B18 #18516B

split-complementary

#5B186B #516B18 #186B31

monochromatic

#150619 #300D39 #5B186B #86239D #B02ECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#5B186B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#5B186B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B186B

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B186B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B186B	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3A69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B2940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b186b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 24, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.144 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5d96',
    500: '#5b186b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b186b;
$custom-light: #8c5d96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b186b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.434,
    "s": 63.359,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35895,
    "c": 0.14375,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.03939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B186B

secondary

#51A13E

accent

#E64161

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B186B

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

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