#5B196E#5B196E

#5B196E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.145 H 317.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B196E
RGB	rgb(91, 25, 110)
HSL	hsl(287, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(287, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 77.3%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.82, 42.59, -34.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.82, 55.09, 320.63°)
OKLab	oklab(36.21% 0.1072 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(36.21% 0.145 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4761, 4.0455, 15.1359)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B196E #2C6E19

analogous

#31196E #5B196E #6E1957

triadic

#5B196E #6E5B19 #196E5B

tetradic

#5B196E #6E3119 #2C6E19 #19576E

square

#5B196E #6E3119 #2C6E19 #19576E

split-complementary

#5B196E #576E19 #196E31

monochromatic

#150619 #320E3C #5B196E #8424A0 #AD31D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.61

#5B196E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#5B196E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B196E

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B196E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B196E	1.00	11.61	1.81	11.61
#FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003570

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3B6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A2B42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b196e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 25, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.145 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5d98',
    500: '#5b196e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b196e;
$custom-light: #8d5d98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b196e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.588,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36213,
    "c": 0.14543,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B196E

secondary

#56A33F

accent

#E64266

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B196E

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

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