#5B166E#5B166E

#5B166E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.149 H 317.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B166E
RGB	rgb(91, 22, 110)
HSL	hsl(287, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(287, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 80%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.42, 43.74, -35.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.42, 56.39, 320.86°)
OKLab	oklab(35.93% 0.1102 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(35.93% 0.149 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.4154, 3.9241, 15.1157)
Luminance	0.0392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B166E #296E16

analogous

#2F166E #5B166E #6E1655

triadic

#5B166E #6E5B16 #166E5B

tetradic

#5B166E #6E2F16 #296E16 #16556E

square

#5B166E #6E2F16 #296E16 #16556E

split-complementary

#5B166E #556E16 #166E2F

monochromatic

#15051A #310C3B #5B166E #8520A1 #AF2AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.77

#5B166E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#5B166E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B166E

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B166E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B166E	1.00	11.77	1.78	11.77
#FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193A6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A2941

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b166e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 22, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.149 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5c98',
    500: '#5b166e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b166e;
$custom-light: #8d5c98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b166e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.045,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35927,
    "c": 0.14889,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B166E

secondary

#52A43C

accent

#EA3E63

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B166E

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

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