#5B168C#5B168C

#5B168C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.178 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5B168C
RGBrgb(91, 22, 140)
HSLhsl(275, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(275, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(35%, 84.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(25.84, 50.35, -50.69)
CIE-LCHlch(25.84, 71.45, 314.80°)
OKLaboklab(38.38% 0.1031 -0.1445)
OKLCHoklch(38.38% 0.178 305.5)
XYZxyz(9.3338, 4.6915, 25.2197)
Luminance0.0469 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5B168C #478C16
analogous
#20168C #5B168C #8C1682
triadic
#5B168C #8C5B16 #168C5B
tetradic
#5B168C #8C2016 #478C16 #16828C
square
#5B168C #8C2016 #478C16 #16828C
split-complementary
#5B168C #828C16 #168C20
monochromatic
#160522 #390E57 #5B168C #7D1EC1 #9C3CE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83
#5B168C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94
#5B168C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B168C
10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5B168C#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##5B168C1.0010.831.9410.83
#FFFFFF10.831.0021.001.00
#0000001.9421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF10.831.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#003B8F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#003D8A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#523753
Achromatopsia (no color)
#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5b168c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 22, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.178 305.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5eaf',
    500: '#5b168c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5b168c;
$custom-light: #8f5eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5b168c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.085,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38378,
    "c": 0.17753,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5B168C
secondary
#74C03E
accent
#F03884
background
#F9F5FA
surface
#F1E9F4
border
#CBC5CE
text
#0D0510
muted
#7E797F

Preview Lab

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#5B168C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva