#5B166C#5B166C

#5B166C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.147 H 318.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B166C
RGB	rgb(91, 22, 108)
HSL	hsl(288, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(288, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 79.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.27, 43.33, -34.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.27, 55.40, 321.44°)
OKLab	oklab(35.78% 0.1105 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(35.78% 0.147 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.3077, 3.8810, 14.5486)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B166C #276C16

analogous

#30166C #5B166C #6C1652

triadic

#5B166C #6C5B16 #166C5B

tetradic

#5B166C #6C3016 #276C16 #16526C

square

#5B166C #6C3016 #276C16 #16526C

split-complementary

#5B166C #526C16 #166C30

monochromatic

#150519 #300C39 #5B166C #86209F #B12BD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#5B166C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#5B166C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B166C

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B166C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B166C	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3A6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B2840

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b166c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 22, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.147 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5c97',
    500: '#5b166c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b166c;
$custom-light: #8d5c97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b166c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.14,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35779,
    "c": 0.14702,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B166C

secondary

#50A23C

accent

#E93F60

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B166C

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

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