#5516A0#5516A0

#5516A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.196 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5516A0
RGB	rgb(85, 22, 160)
HSL	hsl(267, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(267, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 86.3%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.86, 54.24, -61.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.86, 81.90, 311.47°)
OKLab	oklab(39.47% 0.0868 -0.176)
OKLCH	oklch(39.47% 0.196 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.3767, 5.0429, 33.6775)
Luminance	0.0504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5516A0 #61A016

analogous

#161CA0 #5516A0 #9A16A0

triadic

#5516A0 #A05516 #16A055

tetradic

#5516A0 #A0161C #61A016 #16A09A

square

#5516A0 #A0161C #61A016 #16A09A

split-complementary

#5516A0 #A09A16 #1CA016

monochromatic

#1C0734 #380F6A #5516A0 #721DD6 #914AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.46

#5516A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#5516A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5516A0

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5516A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5516A0	1.00	10.46	2.01	10.46
#FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40415E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5516a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 22, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.196 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5ebd',
    500: '#5516a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5516a0;
$custom-light: #8d5ebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5516a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.391,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3947,
    "c": 0.19624,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5516A0

secondary

#8EC84A

accent

#F2359C

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #5516A0

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

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