#5B187D#5B187D

#5B187D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.161 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B187D
RGB	rgb(91, 24, 125)
HSL	hsl(280, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 80.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.82, 46.24, -42.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.82, 63.10, 317.13°)
OKLab	oklab(37.28% 0.1056 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(37.28% 0.161 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.3420, 4.3583, 19.7999)
Luminance	0.0436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B187D #3A7D18

analogous

#29187D #5B187D #7D186D

triadic

#5B187D #7D5B18 #187D5B

tetradic

#5B187D #7D2918 #3A7D18 #186D7D

square

#5B187D #7D2918 #3A7D18 #186D7D

split-complementary

#5B187D #6D7D18 #187D29

monochromatic

#13051A #360E4A #5B187D #8022B0 #A237D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.22

#5B187D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#5B187D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B187D

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B187D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B187D	1.00	11.22	1.87	11.22
#FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b187d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 24, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.161 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ea3',
    500: '#5b187d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b187d;
$custom-light: #8e5ea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b187d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.802,
    "s": 67.785,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37278,
    "c": 0.16109,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B187D

secondary

#66B23F

accent

#EB3D78

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B187D

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

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