#5516CD#5516CD

#5516CD is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.241 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5516CD
RGB	rgb(85, 22, 205)
HSL	hsl(261, 81%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(261, 89%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 89.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.61, 65.30, -80.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.61, 103.51, 309.11°)
OKLab	oklab(44.11% 0.0684 -0.2313)
OKLCH	oklch(44.11% 0.241 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.0493, 6.9120, 58.2869)
Luminance	0.0691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5516CD #8ECD16

analogous

#1632CD #5516CD #B116CD

triadic

#5516CD #CD5516 #16CD55

tetradic

#5516CD #CD1632 #8ECD16 #16CDB1

square

#5516CD #CD1632 #8ECD16 #16CDB1

split-complementary

#5516CD #CDB116 #32CD16

monochromatic

#270A5E #3E1096 #5516CD #7437EA #9B6EEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#5516CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#5516CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5516CD

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5516CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5516CD	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E5579

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5516cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 22, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.241 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9462de',
    500: '#5516cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5516cd;
$custom-light: #9462de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5516cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.656,
    "s": 80.617,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44105,
    "c": 0.2412,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5516CD

secondary

#B0D569

accent

#F731B3

background

#FAF6FD

surface

#F3EBFB

border

#CDC6D4

text

#0F0615

muted

#7F7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5516CD

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

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