#5B197A#5B197A

#5B197A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.157 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B197A
RGB	rgb(91, 25, 122)
HSL	hsl(281, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(281, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 79.5%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.72, 45.20, -41.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.72, 61.15, 317.65°)
OKLab	oklab(37.13% 0.1053 -0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(37.13% 0.157 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.1742, 4.3248, 18.8127)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B197A #387A19

analogous

#2B197A #5B197A #7A1969

triadic

#5B197A #7A5B19 #197A5B

tetradic

#5B197A #7A2B19 #387A19 #19697A

square

#5B197A #7A2B19 #387A19 #19697A

split-complementary

#5B197A #697A19 #197A2B

monochromatic

#130519 #350F47 #5B197A #8123AD #A337D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.26

#5B197A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#5B197A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B197A

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B197A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B197A	1.00	11.26	1.87	11.26
#FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#083C78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#573049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b197a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 25, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.157 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ea1',
    500: '#5b197a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b197a;
$custom-light: #8d5ea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b197a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.825,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3713,
    "c": 0.1571,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B197A

secondary

#64AF40

accent

#E93F75

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B197A

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

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