#5B196A#5B196A

#5B196A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.142 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B196A
RGB	rgb(91, 25, 106)
HSL	hsl(289, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(289, 76%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 76.4%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.54, 41.75, -32.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.54, 53.10, 321.84°)
OKLab	oklab(35.92% 0.1076 -0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(35.92% 0.142 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.2632, 3.9604, 14.0147)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B196A #286A19

analogous

#32196A #5B196A #6A1950

triadic

#5B196A #6A5B19 #196A5B

tetradic

#5B196A #6A3219 #286A19 #19506A

square

#5B196A #6A3219 #286A19 #19506A

split-complementary

#5B196A #506A19 #196A32

monochromatic

#150619 #300D38 #5B196A #86259C #B030CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.72

#5B196A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#5B196A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B196A

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B196A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B196A	1.00	11.72	1.79	11.72
#FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F3A68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B2940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b196a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 25, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.142 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5d95',
    500: '#5b196a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b196a;
$custom-light: #8c5d95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b196a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.889,
    "s": 61.832,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35923,
    "c": 0.14158,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B196A

secondary

#51A03F

accent

#E54361

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C050D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B196A

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

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