#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
RGB	rgb(91, 22, 140)
HSL	hsl(275, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 84.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.84, 50.35, -50.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.84, 71.45, 314.80°)
OKLab	oklab(38.38% 0.1031 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(38.38% 0.178 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.3338, 4.6915, 25.2197)
Luminance	0.0469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.93

Royal Purple (survey)

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
##5B168C	1.00	10.83	1.94	10.83
#FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #5B168C

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

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