#5B197E#5B197E

#5B197E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.161 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B197E
RGB	rgb(91, 25, 126)
HSL	hsl(279, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(279, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 80.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.03, 46.09, -43.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.03, 63.18, 316.84°)
OKLab	oklab(37.45% 0.1045 -0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(37.45% 0.161 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.4272, 4.4260, 20.1450)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.65

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B197E #3C7E19

analogous

#29197E #5B197E #7E196F

triadic

#5B197E #7E5B19 #197E5B

tetradic

#5B197E #7E2919 #3C7E19 #196F7E

square

#5B197E #7E2919 #3C7E19 #196F7E

split-complementary

#5B197E #6F7E19 #197E29

monochromatic

#12051A #360F4B #5B197E #8023B1 #A13AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.14

#5B197E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#5B197E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B197E

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B197E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B197E	1.00	11.14	1.89	11.14
#FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b197e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 25, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.161 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ea4',
    500: '#5b197e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b197e;
$custom-light: #8e5ea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b197e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.208,
    "s": 66.887,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37451,
    "c": 0.16102,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B197E

secondary

#68B241

accent

#EA3E7A

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B197E

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