#5B165A#5B165A

#5B165A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.131 H 328.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B165A
RGB	rgb(91, 22, 90)
HSL	hsl(301, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(301, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.8%, 1.1%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.08, 39.79, -24.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.08, 46.79, 328.24°)
OKLab	oklab(34.54% 0.1115 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(34.54% 0.131 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.4467, 3.5366, 10.0140)
Luminance	0.0354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B165A #165B17

analogous

#3A165B #5B165A #5B1637

triadic

#5B165A #5A5B16 #165A5B

tetradic

#5B165A #5B3A16 #165B17 #16375B

square

#5B165A #5B3A16 #165B17 #16375B

split-complementary

#5B165A #375B16 #165B3A

monochromatic

#190618 #2A0A29 #5B165A #8C228B #BE2EBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.30

#5B165A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#5B165A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B165A

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B165A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B165A	1.00	12.30	1.71	12.30
#FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B2F5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#293858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b165a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 22, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.131 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5b89',
    500: '#5b165a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b165a;
$custom-light: #8c5b89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b165a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.87,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34541,
    "c": 0.13065,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B165A

secondary

#3B923C

accent

#E44644

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040B

muted

#7D797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B165A

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

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