#5B166A#5B166A

#5B166A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.145 H 319.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B166A
RGB	rgb(91, 22, 106)
HSL	hsl(289, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(289, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 79.2%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.13, 42.91, -33.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.13, 54.42, 322.05°)
OKLab	oklab(35.63% 0.1107 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(35.63% 0.145 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.2025, 3.8389, 13.9945)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B166A #256A16

analogous

#31166A #5B166A #6A164F

triadic

#5B166A #6A5B16 #166A5B

tetradic

#5B166A #6A3116 #256A16 #164F6A

square

#5B166A #6A3116 #256A16 #164F6A

split-complementary

#5B166A #4F6A16 #166A31

monochromatic

#160519 #2F0B37 #5B166A #87219D #B22BCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#5B166A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#5B166A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B166A

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B166A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B166A	1.00	11.88	1.77	11.88
#FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B273F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b166a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 22, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.145 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5c95',
    500: '#5b166a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b166a;
$custom-light: #8d5c95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b166a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.286,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35632,
    "c": 0.14515,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B166A

secondary

#4DA03B

accent

#E93F5D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B166A

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

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