#5B196B#5B196B

#5B196B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.143 H 319.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B196B
RGB	rgb(91, 25, 107)
HSL	hsl(288, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(288, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 76.6%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.61, 41.96, -33.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.61, 53.59, 321.52°)
OKLab	oklab(35.99% 0.1075 -0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(35.99% 0.143 319)
XYZ	xyz(7.3155, 3.9813, 14.2902)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 5.28

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B196B #296B19

analogous

#32196B #5B196B #6B1952

triadic

#5B196B #6B5B19 #196B5B

tetradic

#5B196B #6B3219 #296B19 #19526B

square

#5B196B #6B3219 #296B19 #19526B

split-complementary

#5B196B #526B19 #196B32

monochromatic

#150619 #310D39 #5B196B #85259D #AF30CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.69

#5B196B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#5B196B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B196B

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B196B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B196B	1.00	11.69	1.80	11.69
#FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3A69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B2940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b196b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 25, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.143 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5d96',
    500: '#5b196b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b196b;
$custom-light: #8c5d96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b196b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.293,
    "s": 62.121,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35994,
    "c": 0.14253,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.03981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B196B

secondary

#52A13F

accent

#E54362

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C050D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B196B

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

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