#5B197B#5B197B

#5B197B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.158 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B197B
RGB	rgb(91, 25, 123)
HSL	hsl(280, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 79.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.80, 45.42, -41.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.80, 61.66, 317.44°)
OKLab	oklab(37.21% 0.1051 -0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(37.21% 0.158 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.2365, 4.3497, 19.1407)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B197B #397B19

analogous

#2A197B #5B197B #7B196A

triadic

#5B197B #7B5B19 #197B5B

tetradic

#5B197B #7B2A19 #397B19 #196A7B

square

#5B197B #7B2A19 #397B19 #196A7B

split-complementary

#5B197B #6A7B19 #197B2A

monochromatic

#130519 #350F48 #5B197B #8123AE #A338D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#5B197B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#5B197B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B197B

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B197B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B197B	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#053C79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#573049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b197b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 25, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.158 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ea2',
    500: '#5b197b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b197b;
$custom-light: #8d5ea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b197b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.408,
    "s": 66.216,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3721,
    "c": 0.15807,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B197B

secondary

#65AF40

accent

#E93F76

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B197B

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

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