#5B199C#5B199C

#5B199C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.191 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B199C
RGB	rgb(91, 25, 156)
HSL	hsl(270, 72%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 84%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 84%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.63, 53.09, -57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.63, 78.36, 312.65°)
OKLab	oklab(40.06% 0.0958 -0.1649)
OKLCH	oklch(40.06% 0.191 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.6613, 5.3196, 31.9111)
Luminance	0.0532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B199C #5A9C19

analogous

#19199C #5B199C #9C199B

triadic

#5B199C #9C5B19 #199C5B

tetradic

#5B199C #9C1919 #5A9C19 #199B9C

square

#5B199C #9C1919 #5A9C19 #199B9C

split-complementary

#5B199C #9B9C19 #199C19

monochromatic

#1D0833 #3C1167 #5B199C #7A21D1 #984DE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.17

#5B199C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#5B199C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B199C

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B199C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B199C	1.00	10.17	2.06	10.17
#FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b199c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 25, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.191 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9060ba',
    500: '#5b199c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b199c;
$custom-light: #9060ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b199c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.229,
    "s": 72.376,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4006,
    "c": 0.19068,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B199C

secondary

#88C44C

accent

#EF3993

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B199C

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

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