#5B186D#5B186D

#5B186D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.146 H 318.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B186D
RGB	rgb(91, 24, 109)
HSL	hsl(287, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(287, 78%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 78%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.61, 42.77, -34.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.61, 55.04, 321.00°)
OKLab	oklab(36.04% 0.1083 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(36.04% 0.146 318.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.4009, 3.9819, 14.8438)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B186D #2A6D18

analogous

#30186D #5B186D #6D1854

triadic

#5B186D #6D5B18 #186D5B

tetradic

#5B186D #6D3018 #2A6D18 #18546D

square

#5B186D #6D3018 #2A6D18 #18546D

split-complementary

#5B186D #546D18 #186D30

monochromatic

#150619 #310D3B #5B186D #85239F #AF2ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.69

#5B186D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#5B186D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B186D

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B186D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B186D	1.00	11.69	1.80	11.69
#FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3A6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A2A41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b186d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 24, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.146 318.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5d97',
    500: '#5b186d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b186d;
$custom-light: #8d5d97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b186d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.294,
    "s": 63.91,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36041,
    "c": 0.14565,
    "h": 318.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B186D

secondary

#53A33E

accent

#E74164

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B186D

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

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