#5B168A#5B168A

#5B168A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.176 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B168A
RGB	rgb(91, 22, 138)
HSL	hsl(276, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 84.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.66, 49.89, -49.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.66, 70.44, 315.09°)
OKLab	oklab(38.2% 0.1038 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(38.2% 0.176 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.1877, 4.6330, 24.4501)
Luminance	0.0463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.89

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B168A #458A16

analogous

#21168A #5B168A #8A167F

triadic

#5B168A #8A5B16 #168A5B

tetradic

#5B168A #8A2116 #458A16 #167F8A

square

#5B168A #8A2116 #458A16 #167F8A

split-complementary

#5B168A #7F8A16 #168A21

monochromatic

#150520 #380E55 #5B168A #7E1EBF #9D3BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.90

#5B168A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#5B168A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B168A

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B168A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B168A	1.00	10.90	1.93	10.90
#FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523651

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b168a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 22, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.176 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5ead',
    500: '#5b168a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b168a;
$custom-light: #8f5ead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b168a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.69,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38203,
    "c": 0.1756,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B168A

secondary

#72BE3E

accent

#EF3983

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B168A

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

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