#5B169E#5B169E

#5B169E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.195 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B169E
RGB	rgb(91, 22, 158)
HSL	hsl(270, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 86.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.48, 54.54, -59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.48, 80.42, 312.71°)
OKLab	oklab(40.02% 0.097 -0.1691)
OKLCH	oklch(40.02% 0.195 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.7713, 5.2665, 32.7902)
Luminance	0.0527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B169E #599E16

analogous

#17169E #5B169E #9E169D

triadic

#5B169E #9E5B16 #169E5B

tetradic

#5B169E #9E1716 #599E16 #169D9E

square

#5B169E #9E1716 #599E16 #169D9E

split-complementary

#5B169E #9D9E16 #169E17

monochromatic

#1D0733 #3C0F68 #5B169E #7A1DD4 #9849E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.23

#5B169E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#5B169E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B169E

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B169E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B169E	1.00	10.23	2.05	10.23
#FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B3F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b169e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 22, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.195 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915fbc',
    500: '#5b169e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b169e;
$custom-light: #915fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b169e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.441,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40017,
    "c": 0.19498,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B169E

secondary

#87C749

accent

#F23693

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B169E

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

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