#5B197D#5B197D

#5B197D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.160 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B197D
RGB	rgb(91, 25, 125)
HSL	hsl(280, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 80%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.95, 45.87, -42.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.95, 62.68, 317.04°)
OKLab	oklab(37.37% 0.1047 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(37.37% 0.16 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.3630, 4.4003, 19.8068)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B197D #3B7D19

analogous

#29197D #5B197D #7D196D

triadic

#5B197D #7D5B19 #197D5B

tetradic

#5B197D #7D2919 #3B7D19 #196D7D

square

#5B197D #7D2919 #3B7D19 #196D7D

split-complementary

#5B197D #6D7D19 #197D29

monochromatic

#13051A #360F4A #5B197D #8023B0 #A239D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#5B197D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#5B197D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B197D

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B197D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B197D	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56314B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b197d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 25, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.160 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ea3',
    500: '#5b197d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b197d;
$custom-light: #8e5ea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b197d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.6,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3737,
    "c": 0.16004,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B197D

secondary

#67B140

accent

#EA3E78

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B197D

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

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