#5B198C#5B198C

#5B198C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.175 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B198C
RGB	rgb(91, 25, 140)
HSL	hsl(274, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(274, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 82.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.19, 49.31, -50.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.19, 70.30, 314.54°)
OKLab	oklab(38.63% 0.1009 -0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(38.63% 0.175 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.3946, 4.8129, 25.2399)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B198C #4A8C19

analogous

#22198C #5B198C #8C1983

triadic

#5B198C #8C5B19 #198C5B

tetradic

#5B198C #8C2219 #4A8C19 #19838C

square

#5B198C #8C2219 #4A8C19 #19838C

split-complementary

#5B198C #838C19 #198C22

monochromatic

#170624 #391058 #5B198C #7D22C0 #9B42DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#5B198C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#5B198C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B198C

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B198C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B198C	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b198c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 25, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.175 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5fae',
    500: '#5b198c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b198c;
$custom-light: #8f5fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b198c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.435,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38627,
    "c": 0.17483,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B198C

secondary

#77BE43

accent

#ED3B87

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B198C

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

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