#5B168D#5B168D

#5B168D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.178 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B168D
RGB	rgb(91, 22, 141)
HSL	hsl(275, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 84.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.92, 50.58, -51.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.92, 71.95, 314.67°)
OKLab	oklab(38.47% 0.1028 -0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(38.47% 0.179 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.4079, 4.7211, 25.6098)
Luminance	0.0472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.96

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B168D #488D16

analogous

#20168D #5B168D #8D1684

triadic

#5B168D #8D5B16 #168D5B

tetradic

#5B168D #8D2016 #488D16 #16848D

square

#5B168D #8D2016 #488D16 #16848D

split-complementary

#5B168D #848D16 #168D20

monochromatic

#170523 #390E58 #5B168D #7D1EC2 #9C3DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.80

#5B168D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#5B168D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B168D

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B168D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B168D	1.00	10.80	1.94	10.80
#FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b168d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 22, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.178 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5eaf',
    500: '#5b168d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b168d;
$custom-light: #8f5eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b168d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.79,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38466,
    "c": 0.1785,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B168D

secondary

#75C13E

accent

#F03885

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B168D

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

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