#5B196D#5B196D

#5B196D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.144 H 318.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B196D
RGB	rgb(91, 25, 109)
HSL	hsl(287, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(287, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 77.1%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.75, 42.37, -34.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.75, 54.59, 320.92°)
OKLab	oklab(36.14% 0.1073 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(36.14% 0.144 318)
XYZ	xyz(7.4219, 4.0239, 14.8508)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B196D #2B6D19

analogous

#31196D #5B196D #6D1955

triadic

#5B196D #6D5B19 #196D5B

tetradic

#5B196D #6D3119 #2B6D19 #19556D

square

#5B196D #6D3119 #2B6D19 #19556D

split-complementary

#5B196D #556D19 #196D31

monochromatic

#150619 #310E3B #5B196D #85249F #AE31D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.64

#5B196D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#5B196D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B196D

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B196D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B196D	1.00	11.64	1.80	11.64
#FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3B6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A2A42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b196d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 25, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.144 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5d97',
    500: '#5b196d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b196d;
$custom-light: #8d5d97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b196d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.143,
    "s": 62.687,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36139,
    "c": 0.14446,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.04024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B196D

secondary

#55A23F

accent

#E64265

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C050D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B196D

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

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