#5B169F#5B169F

#5B169F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.196 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B169F
RGB	rgb(91, 22, 159)
HSL	hsl(270, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.8%, 86.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.58, 54.78, -59.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.58, 80.91, 312.61°)
OKLab	oklab(40.11% 0.0966 -0.1705)
OKLCH	oklch(40.11% 0.196 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.8577, 5.3010, 33.2453)
Luminance	0.0530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B169F #5A9F16

analogous

#16169F #5B169F #9F169E

triadic

#5B169F #9F5B16 #169F5B

tetradic

#5B169F #9F1616 #5A9F16 #169E9F

square

#5B169F #9F1616 #5A9F16 #169E9F

split-complementary

#5B169F #9E9F16 #169F16

monochromatic

#1D0733 #3C0F69 #5B169F #7A1DD5 #984AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.19

#5B169F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#5B169F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B169F

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B169F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B169F	1.00	10.19	2.06	10.19
#FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3F5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b169f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 22, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.196 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915fbc',
    500: '#5b169f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b169f;
$custom-light: #915fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b169f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.219,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40111,
    "c": 0.19595,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B169F

secondary

#88C74A

accent

#F23693

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B169F

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

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