#5B167E#5B167E

#5B167E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.164 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B167E
RGB	rgb(91, 22, 126)
HSL	hsl(280, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(280, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 82.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.65, 47.19, -43.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.65, 64.41, 317.11°)
OKLab	oklab(37.19% 0.107 -0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(37.19% 0.164 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3665, 4.3045, 20.1247)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.35

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B167E #397E16

analogous

#27167E #5B167E #7E166D

triadic

#5B167E #7E5B16 #167E5B

tetradic

#5B167E #7E2716 #397E16 #166D7E

square

#5B167E #7E2716 #397E16 #166D7E

split-complementary

#5B167E #6D7E16 #167E27

monochromatic

#13051A #350D4A #5B167E #811FB2 #A333DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.29

#5B167E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#5B167E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B167E

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B167E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B167E	1.00	11.29	1.86	11.29
#FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56304B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b167e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 22, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.164 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5da4',
    500: '#5b167e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b167e;
$custom-light: #8e5da4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b167e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.808,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37185,
    "c": 0.16407,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B167E

secondary

#65B33D

accent

#ED3B77

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B167E

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

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