#5B168B#5B168B

#5B168B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.177 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B168B
RGB	rgb(91, 22, 139)
HSL	hsl(275, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 84.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.75, 50.12, -50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.75, 70.95, 314.95°)
OKLab	oklab(38.29% 0.1035 -0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(38.29% 0.177 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.2605, 4.6621, 24.8331)
Luminance	0.0466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.91

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B168B #468B16

analogous

#21168B #5B168B #8B1681

triadic

#5B168B #8B5B16 #168B5B

tetradic

#5B168B #8B2116 #468B16 #16818B

square

#5B168B #8B2116 #468B16 #16818B

split-complementary

#5B168B #818B16 #168B21

monochromatic

#160521 #380E56 #5B168B #7E1EC0 #9C3BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.87

#5B168B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#5B168B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B168B

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B168B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B168B	1.00	10.87	1.93	10.87
#FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b168b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 22, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.177 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5eae',
    500: '#5b168b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b168b;
$custom-light: #8f5eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b168b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.385,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3829,
    "c": 0.17656,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B168B

secondary

#73BF3E

accent

#EF3883

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B168B

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

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