#5B189E#5B189E

#5B189E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.193 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B189E
RGB	rgb(91, 24, 158)
HSL	hsl(270, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(270, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 84.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.70, 53.90, -58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.70, 79.72, 312.54°)
OKLab	oklab(40.17% 0.0958 -0.1681)
OKLCH	oklch(40.17% 0.193 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.8110, 5.3459, 32.8034)
Luminance	0.0535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B189E #5B9E18

analogous

#18189E #5B189E #9E189E

triadic

#5B189E #9E5B18 #189E5B

tetradic

#5B189E #9E1818 #5B9E18 #189E9E

square

#5B189E #9E1818 #5B9E18 #189E9E

split-complementary

#5B189E #9E9E18 #189E18

monochromatic

#1E0834 #3C1069 #5B189E #7A20D3 #984DE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.15

#5B189E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#5B189E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B189E

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B189E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B189E	1.00	10.15	2.07	10.15
#FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B405E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b189e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 24, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.193 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9160bc',
    500: '#5b189e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b189e;
$custom-light: #9160bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b189e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40167,
    "c": 0.19347,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B189E

secondary

#89C64C

accent

#F03894

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B189E

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

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