#5B166F#5B166F

#5B166F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.150 H 317.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B166F
RGB	rgb(91, 22, 111)
HSL	hsl(287, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(287, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 80.2%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.49, 43.95, -36.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.49, 56.89, 320.58°)
OKLab	oklab(36% 0.11 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(36% 0.15 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.4701, 3.9460, 15.4040)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B166F #2A6F16

analogous

#2E166F #5B166F #6F1656

triadic

#5B166F #6F5B16 #166F5B

tetradic

#5B166F #6F2E16 #2A6F16 #16566F

square

#5B166F #6F2E16 #2A6F16 #16566F

split-complementary

#5B166F #566F16 #166F2E

monochromatic

#15051A #310C3C #5B166F #8520A2 #AF2BD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#5B166F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#5B166F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B166F

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B166F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B166F	1.00	11.74	1.79	11.74
#FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183A6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A2A42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b166f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 22, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.150 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5c99',
    500: '#5b166f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b166f;
$custom-light: #8d5c99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b166f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.517,
    "s": 66.917,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36002,
    "c": 0.14982,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B166F

secondary

#53A53C

accent

#EA3E65

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B166F

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

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