#5B198B#5B198B

#5B198B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.174 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B198B
RGB	rgb(91, 25, 139)
HSL	hsl(275, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 82%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.11, 49.07, -49.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.11, 69.79, 314.68°)
OKLab	oklab(38.54% 0.1012 -0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(38.54% 0.174 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.3212, 4.7836, 24.8534)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B198B #498B19

analogous

#22198B #5B198B #8B1982

triadic

#5B198B #8B5B19 #198B5B

tetradic

#5B198B #8B2219 #498B19 #19828B

square

#5B198B #8B2219 #498B19 #19828B

split-complementary

#5B198B #828B19 #198B22

monochromatic

#170623 #391057 #5B198B #7D22BF #9B41DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#5B198B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#5B198B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B198B

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B198B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B198B	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b198b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 25, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.174 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5fae',
    500: '#5b198b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b198b;
$custom-light: #8f5fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b198b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.737,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3854,
    "c": 0.17384,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B198B

secondary

#76BE42

accent

#EC3B86

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B198B

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

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