#5B167F#5B167F

#5B167F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.165 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B167F
RGB	rgb(91, 22, 127)
HSL	hsl(279, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(279, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 82.7%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.74, 47.41, -44.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.74, 64.91, 316.92°)
OKLab	oklab(37.27% 0.1068 -0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(37.27% 0.165 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.4313, 4.3305, 20.4663)
Luminance	0.0433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.26

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B167F #3A7F16

analogous

#27167F #5B167F #7F166F

triadic

#5B167F #7F5B16 #167F5B

tetradic

#5B167F #7F2716 #3A7F16 #166F7F

square

#5B167F #7F2716 #3A7F16 #166F7F

split-complementary

#5B167F #6F7F16 #167F27

monochromatic

#13051A #360D4B #5B167F #801FB3 #A234DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.25

#5B167F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#5B167F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B167F

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B167F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B167F	1.00	11.25	1.87	11.25
#FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56314B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b167f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 22, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.165 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e5da5',
    500: '#5b167f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b167f;
$custom-light: #8e5da5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b167f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.429,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37268,
    "c": 0.16503,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B167F

secondary

#66B43D

accent

#ED3B78

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B167F

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

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