#5B198D#5B198D

#5B198D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.176 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B198D
RGB	rgb(91, 25, 141)
HSL	hsl(274, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(274, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 82.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.28, 49.54, -50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.28, 70.81, 314.40°)
OKLab	oklab(38.71% 0.1006 -0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(38.71% 0.176 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.4686, 4.8425, 25.6300)
Luminance	0.0484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B198D #4B8D19

analogous

#21198D #5B198D #8D1985

triadic

#5B198D #8D5B19 #198D5B

tetradic

#5B198D #8D2119 #4B8D19 #19858D

square

#5B198D #8D2119 #4B8D19 #19858D

split-complementary

#5B198D #858D19 #198D21

monochromatic

#180725 #391059 #5B198D #7D22C1 #9B43DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.67

#5B198D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#5B198D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B198D

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B198D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B198D	1.00	10.67	1.97	10.67
#FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b198d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 25, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.176 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5faf',
    500: '#5b198d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b198d;
$custom-light: #8f5faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b198d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.138,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38714,
    "c": 0.17582,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B198D

secondary

#78BF43

accent

#ED3B88

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B198D

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

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