#5B165E#5B165E

#5B165E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.134 H 326.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B165E
RGB	rgb(91, 22, 94)
HSL	hsl(298, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(298, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 76.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.33, 40.54, -26.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.33, 48.64, 326.45°)
OKLab	oklab(34.8% 0.1115 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(34.8% 0.134 326.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.6215, 3.6066, 10.9349)
Luminance	0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B165E #195E16

analogous

#37165E #5B165E #5E163D

triadic

#5B165E #5E5B16 #165E5B

tetradic

#5B165E #5E3716 #195E16 #163D5E

square

#5B165E #5E3716 #195E16 #163D5E

split-complementary

#5B165E #3D5E16 #165E37

monochromatic

#180619 #2B0A2C #5B165E #8B2290 #BB2DC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.20

#5B165E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#5B165E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B165E

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B165E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B165E	1.00	12.20	1.72	12.20
#FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#053060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26385C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2238

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b165e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 22, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.134 326.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5b8c',
    500: '#5b165e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b165e;
$custom-light: #8c5b8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b165e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.5,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.348,
    "c": 0.13419,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B165E

secondary

#3F953B

accent

#E54349

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B165E

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

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