#5B188C#5B188C

#5B188C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.176 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5B188C
RGBrgb(91, 24, 140)
HSLhsl(275, 71%, 32%)
HSVhsv(275, 83%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(35%, 82.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(26.07, 49.66, -50.31)
CIE-LCHlch(26.07, 70.69, 314.63°)
OKLaboklab(38.54% 0.1017 -0.1434)
OKLCHoklch(38.54% 0.176 305.3)
XYZxyz(9.3736, 4.7709, 25.2329)
Luminance0.0477 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5B188C #498C18
analogous
#21188C #5B188C #8C1883
triadic
#5B188C #8C5B18 #188C5B
tetradic
#5B188C #8C2118 #498C18 #18838C
square
#5B188C #8C2118 #498C18 #18838C
split-complementary
#5B188C #838C18 #188C21
monochromatic
#170624 #390F58 #5B188C #7D21C0 #9B40DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.75
#5B188C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95
#5B188C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B188C
10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5B188C#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##5B188C1.0010.751.9510.75
#FFFFFF10.751.0021.001.00
#0000001.9521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF10.751.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#003C8F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#003E8A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#523853
Achromatopsia (no color)
#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5b188c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 24, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.176 305.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5eae',
    500: '#5b188c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5b188c;
$custom-light: #8f5eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5b188c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.655,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38541,
    "c": 0.17576,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5B188C
secondary
#76BF41
accent
#ED3A86
background
#F9F5FA
surface
#F1EAF4
border
#CBC6CE
text
#0D0510
muted
#7E797F

Preview Lab

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#5B188C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva