#5B197C#5B197C

#5B197C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.159 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B197C
RGB	rgb(91, 25, 124)
HSL	hsl(280, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 79.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.87, 45.64, -42.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.87, 62.17, 317.24°)
OKLab	oklab(37.29% 0.1049 -0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(37.29% 0.159 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.2994, 4.3749, 19.4721)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B197C #3A7C19

analogous

#2A197C #5B197C #7C196C

triadic

#5B197C #7C5B19 #197C5B

tetradic

#5B197C #7C2A19 #3A7C19 #196C7C

square

#5B197C #7C2A19 #3A7C19 #196C7C

split-complementary

#5B197C #6C7C19 #197C2A

monochromatic

#130519 #360F49 #5B197C #8023AF #A238D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#5B197C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#5B197C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B197C

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B197C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B197C	1.00	11.20	1.88	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#033C7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b197c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 25, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.159 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ea3',
    500: '#5b197c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b197c;
$custom-light: #8d5ea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b197c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 66.443,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3729,
    "c": 0.15906,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B197C

secondary

#66B040

accent

#E93E77

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B197C

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

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