#5B197F#5B197F

#5B197F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.162 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B197F
RGB	rgb(91, 25, 127)
HSL	hsl(279, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(279, 80%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 80.3%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.11, 46.32, -43.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.11, 63.69, 316.65°)
OKLab	oklab(37.53% 0.1042 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(37.53% 0.162 310)
XYZ	xyz(8.4920, 4.4519, 20.4865)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.56

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B197F #3D7F19

analogous

#28197F #5B197F #7F1970

triadic

#5B197F #7F5B19 #197F5B

tetradic

#5B197F #7F2819 #3D7F19 #19707F

square

#5B197F #7F2819 #3D7F19 #19707F

split-complementary

#5B197F #707F19 #197F28

monochromatic

#12051A #360F4C #5B197F #8023B2 #A03AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.11

#5B197F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#5B197F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B197F

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B197F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B197F	1.00	11.11	1.89	11.11
#FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003982

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56324C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b197f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 25, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.162 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ea5',
    500: '#5b197f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b197f;
$custom-light: #8e5ea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b197f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.824,
    "s": 67.105,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37532,
    "c": 0.162,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.04452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B197F

secondary

#69B341

accent

#EA3E7B

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B197F

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

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