#5B167B#5B167B

#5B167B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.161 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B167B
RGB	rgb(91, 22, 123)
HSL	hsl(281, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(281, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 82.1%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.41, 46.53, -42.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.41, 62.89, 317.71°)
OKLab	oklab(36.94% 0.1078 -0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(36.94% 0.161 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.1758, 4.2283, 19.1205)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B167B #367B16

analogous

#28167B #5B167B #7B1668

triadic

#5B167B #7B5B16 #167B5B

tetradic

#5B167B #7B2816 #367B16 #16687B

square

#5B167B #7B2816 #367B16 #16687B

split-complementary

#5B167B #687B16 #167B28

monochromatic

#13051A #350D47 #5B167B #811FAF #A531DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#5B167B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#5B167B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B167B

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B167B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B167B	1.00	11.38	1.85	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#013B79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#572F49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b167b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 22, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.161 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5da2',
    500: '#5b167b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b167b;
$custom-light: #8e5da2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b167b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.99,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3694,
    "c": 0.1612,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B167B

secondary

#61B03D

accent

#EC3B73

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B167B

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

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