#5B186E#5B186E

#5B186E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.147 H 317.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B186E
RGB	rgb(91, 24, 110)
HSL	hsl(287, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(287, 78%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 78.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.68, 42.98, -35.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.68, 55.54, 320.71°)
OKLab	oklab(36.12% 0.1082 -0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(36.12% 0.147 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4551, 4.0035, 15.1289)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B186E #2B6E18

analogous

#30186E #5B186E #6E1856

triadic

#5B186E #6E5B18 #186E5B

tetradic

#5B186E #6E3018 #2B6E18 #18566E

square

#5B186E #6E3018 #2B6E18 #18566E

split-complementary

#5B186E #566E18 #186E30

monochromatic

#150519 #310D3C #5B186E #8523A0 #AE2FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.66

#5B186E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#5B186E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B186E

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B186E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B186E	1.00	11.66	1.80	11.66
#FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3A6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A2A42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b186e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 24, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.147 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5d98',
    500: '#5b186e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b186e;
$custom-light: #8d5d98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b186e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.744,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36115,
    "c": 0.14661,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B186E

secondary

#55A43E

accent

#E74165

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B186E

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

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