#5B168E#5B168E

#5B168E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.179 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B168E
RGB	rgb(91, 22, 142)
HSL	hsl(275, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(275, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 84.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.01, 50.81, -51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.01, 72.45, 314.53°)
OKLab	oklab(38.56% 0.1025 -0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(38.56% 0.179 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.4827, 4.7510, 26.0034)
Luminance	0.0475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B168E #498E16

analogous

#1F168E #5B168E #8E1685

triadic

#5B168E #8E5B16 #168E5B

tetradic

#5B168E #8E1F16 #498E16 #16858E

square

#5B168E #8E1F16 #498E16 #16858E

split-complementary

#5B168E #858E16 #168E1F

monochromatic

#170624 #390E59 #5B168E #7D1EC3 #9B3DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.77

#5B168E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#5B168E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B168E

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B168E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B168E	1.00	10.77	1.95	10.77
#FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b168e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 22, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.179 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5eb0',
    500: '#5b168e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b168e;
$custom-light: #8f5eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b168e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38555,
    "c": 0.17946,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B168E

secondary

#76C13F

accent

#F03886

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F1EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B168E

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

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