#5B166D#5B166D

#5B166D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.148 H 318.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B166D
RGB	rgb(91, 22, 109)
HSL	hsl(288, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(288, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 79.8%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.35, 43.53, -35.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.35, 55.90, 321.15°)
OKLab	oklab(35.85% 0.1103 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(35.85% 0.148 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.3612, 3.9024, 14.8305)
Luminance	0.0390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B166D #286D16

analogous

#2F166D #5B166D #6D1653

triadic

#5B166D #6D5B16 #166D5B

tetradic

#5B166D #6D2F16 #286D16 #16536D

square

#5B166D #6D2F16 #286D16 #16536D

split-complementary

#5B166D #536D16 #166D2F

monochromatic

#150519 #300C3A #5B166D #8620A0 #B02BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.80

#5B166D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#5B166D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B166D

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B166D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B166D	1.00	11.80	1.78	11.80
#FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3A6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A2941

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b166d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 22, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.148 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5c97',
    500: '#5b166d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b166d;
$custom-light: #8d5c97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b166d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.586,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35853,
    "c": 0.14795,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B166D

secondary

#51A33C

accent

#E93E62

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0C040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B166D

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

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