#5B198F#5B198F

#5B198F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.178 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B198F
RGB	rgb(91, 25, 143)
HSL	hsl(274, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(274, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 82.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.46, 50.01, -51.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.46, 71.82, 314.13°)
OKLab	oklab(38.89% 0.1 -0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(38.89% 0.178 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.6188, 4.9026, 26.4208)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B198F #4D8F19

analogous

#20198F #5B198F #8F1988

triadic

#5B198F #8F5B19 #198F5B

tetradic

#5B198F #8F2019 #4D8F19 #19888F

square

#5B198F #8F2019 #4D8F19 #19888F

split-complementary

#5B198F #888F19 #198F20

monochromatic

#190727 #3A105B #5B198F #7C22C3 #9A44DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.60

#5B198F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#5B198F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B198F

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B198F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B198F	1.00	10.60	1.98	10.60
#FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b198f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 25, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.178 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5fb1',
    500: '#5b198f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b198f;
$custom-light: #8f5fb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b198f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.559,
    "s": 70.238,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38889,
    "c": 0.17779,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B198F

secondary

#7BBF44

accent

#ED3B89

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B198F

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

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