#5B189F#5B189F

#5B189F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.194 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B189F
RGB	rgb(91, 24, 159)
HSL	hsl(270, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(270, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.8%, 84.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.79, 54.14, -59.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.79, 80.22, 312.45°)
OKLab	oklab(40.26% 0.0954 -0.1694)
OKLCH	oklch(40.26% 0.194 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.8974, 5.3805, 33.2586)
Luminance	0.0538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B189F #5C9F18

analogous

#18189F #5B189F #9E189F

triadic

#5B189F #9F5B18 #189F5B

tetradic

#5B189F #9F1818 #5C9F18 #189F9E

square

#5B189F #9F1818 #5C9F18 #189F9E

split-complementary

#5B189F #9F9E18 #189F18

monochromatic

#1E0835 #3D106A #5B189F #7920D4 #984DE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.11

#5B189F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#5B189F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B189F

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B189F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B189F	1.00	10.11	2.08	10.11
#FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A405E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b189f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 24, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.194 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9160bc',
    500: '#5b189f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b189f;
$custom-light: #9160bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b189f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.778,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4026,
    "c": 0.19445,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B189F

secondary

#8AC64D

accent

#F03795

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B189F

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

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