#5B167C#5B167C

#5B167C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.162 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B167C
RGB	rgb(91, 22, 124)
HSL	hsl(281, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(281, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 82.3%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.49, 46.75, -42.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.49, 63.40, 317.50°)
OKLab	oklab(37.02% 0.1075 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(37.02% 0.162 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.2387, 4.2534, 19.4519)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B167C #377C16

analogous

#28167C #5B167C #7C166A

triadic

#5B167C #7C5B16 #167C5B

tetradic

#5B167C #7C2816 #377C16 #166A7C

square

#5B167C #7C2816 #377C16 #166A7C

split-complementary

#5B167C #6A7C16 #167C28

monochromatic

#13051A #350D48 #5B167C #811FB0 #A432DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#5B167C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#5B167C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B167C

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B167C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B167C	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#573049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b167c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 22, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.162 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5da3',
    500: '#5b167c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b167c;
$custom-light: #8e5da3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b167c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.588,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37022,
    "c": 0.16215,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B167C

secondary

#62B13D

accent

#ED3B75

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B167C

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

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