#5B18A1#5B18A1

#5B18A1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.196 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B18A1
RGB	rgb(91, 24, 161)
HSL	hsl(269, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(269, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 85.1%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.98, 54.62, -60.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.98, 81.21, 312.27°)
OKLab	oklab(40.45% 0.0947 -0.1721)
OKLCH	oklch(40.45% 0.196 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.0724, 5.4505, 34.1800)
Luminance	0.0545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B18A1 #5EA118

analogous

#181AA1 #5B18A1 #A018A1

triadic

#5B18A1 #A15B18 #18A15B

tetradic

#5B18A1 #A1181A #5EA118 #18A1A0

square

#5B18A1 #A1181A #5EA118 #18A1A0

split-complementary

#5B18A1 #A1A018 #1AA118

monochromatic

#1F0836 #3D106C #5B18A1 #7920D6 #984FE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.05

#5B18A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#5B18A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B18A1

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B18A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B18A1	1.00	10.05	2.09	10.05
#FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49415F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b18a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 24, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.196 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9160be',
    500: '#5b18a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b18a1;
$custom-light: #9160be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b18a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.343,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40448,
    "c": 0.19642,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B18A1

secondary

#8CC74E

accent

#F13796

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B18A1

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

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