#5B165F#5B165F

#5B165F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.135 H 325.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B165F
RGB	rgb(91, 22, 95)
HSL	hsl(297, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(297, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 76.8%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.39, 40.73, -27.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.39, 49.11, 326.03°)
OKLab	oklab(34.87% 0.1115 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(34.87% 0.135 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.6667, 3.6246, 11.1727)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B165F #1A5F16

analogous

#36165F #5B165F #5F163E

triadic

#5B165F #5F5B16 #165F5B

tetradic

#5B165F #5F3616 #1A5F16 #163E5F

square

#5B165F #5F3616 #1A5F16 #163E5F

split-complementary

#5B165F #3E5F16 #165F36

monochromatic

#180619 #2B0A2D #5B165F #8B2291 #BA2DC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.18

#5B165F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#5B165F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B165F

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B165F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B165F	1.00	12.18	1.72	12.18
#FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#033061

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26385D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2239

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b165f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 22, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.135 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5b8d',
    500: '#5b165f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b165f;
$custom-light: #8c5b8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b165f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.712,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34866,
    "c": 0.13509,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B165F

secondary

#40963B

accent

#E5424B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0C040C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B165F

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

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