#5516A1#5516A1

#5516A1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.197 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5516A1
RGB	rgb(85, 22, 161)
HSL	hsl(267, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(267, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 86.3%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.96, 54.49, -61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.96, 82.40, 311.40°)
OKLab	oklab(39.57% 0.0864 -0.1773)
OKLCH	oklch(39.57% 0.197 296)
XYZ	xyz(10.4645, 5.0781, 34.1401)
Luminance	0.0508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5516A1 #62A116

analogous

#161DA1 #5516A1 #9A16A1

triadic

#5516A1 #A15516 #16A155

tetradic

#5516A1 #A1161D #62A116 #16A19A

square

#5516A1 #A1161D #62A116 #16A19A

split-complementary

#5516A1 #A19A16 #1DA116

monochromatic

#1C0735 #390F6B #5516A1 #711DD7 #914BE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.42

#5516A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#5516A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5516A1

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5516A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5516A1	1.00	10.42	2.02	10.42
#FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F415F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5516a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 22, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.197 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5ebe',
    500: '#5516a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5516a1;
$custom-light: #8e5ebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5516a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.194,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39568,
    "c": 0.19724,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.05078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5516A1

secondary

#8FC84B

accent

#F3359D

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #5516A1

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

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