#5B165D#5B165D

#5B165D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.133 H 326.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B165D
RGB	rgb(91, 22, 93)
HSL	hsl(298, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(298, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 76.3%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.26, 40.35, -26.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.26, 48.18, 326.88°)
OKLab	oklab(34.73% 0.1115 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(34.73% 0.133 326.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.5770, 3.5887, 10.7001)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B165D #185D16

analogous

#38165D #5B165D #5D163B

triadic

#5B165D #5D5B16 #165D5B

tetradic

#5B165D #5D3816 #185D16 #163B5D

square

#5B165D #5D3816 #185D16 #163B5D

split-complementary

#5B165D #3B5D16 #165D38

monochromatic

#180619 #2B0A2C #5B165D #8B228E #BC2DC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.23

#5B165D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#5B165D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B165D

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B165D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B165D	1.00	12.23	1.72	12.23
#FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#06305F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27385B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2138

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b165d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 22, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.133 326.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5b8b',
    500: '#5b165d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b165d;
$custom-light: #8c5b8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b165d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.31,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34734,
    "c": 0.1333,
    "h": 326.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B165D

secondary

#3D943B

accent

#E54348

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B165D

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

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