#5B198A#5B198A

#5B198A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.173 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B198A
RGB	rgb(91, 25, 138)
HSL	hsl(275, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 81.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.02, 48.84, -49.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.02, 69.28, 314.82°)
OKLab	oklab(38.45% 0.1014 -0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(38.45% 0.173 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.2484, 4.7545, 24.4703)
Luminance	0.0475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B198A #488A19

analogous

#22198A #5B198A #8A1981

triadic

#5B198A #8A5B19 #198A5B

tetradic

#5B198A #8A2219 #488A19 #19818A

square

#5B198A #8A2219 #488A19 #19818A

split-complementary

#5B198A #818A19 #198A22

monochromatic

#170622 #391056 #5B198A #7D22BE #9C41DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.76

#5B198A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#5B198A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B198A

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B198A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B198A	1.00	10.76	1.95	10.76
#FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b198a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 25, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.173 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5fad',
    500: '#5b198a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b198a;
$custom-light: #8f5fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b198a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.044,
    "s": 69.325,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38454,
    "c": 0.17285,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B198A

secondary

#75BD42

accent

#EC3C85

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B198A

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

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