#5B16A0#5B16A0

#5B16A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.197 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B16A0
RGB	rgb(91, 22, 160)
HSL	hsl(270, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(270, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 86.3%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.67, 55.02, -60.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.67, 81.40, 312.52°)
OKLab	oklab(40.21% 0.0963 -0.1718)
OKLCH	oklch(40.21% 0.197 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.9448, 5.3359, 33.7042)
Luminance	0.0534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B16A0 #5BA016

analogous

#1616A0 #5B16A0 #A016A0

triadic

#5B16A0 #A05B16 #16A05B

tetradic

#5B16A0 #A01616 #5BA016 #16A0A0

square

#5B16A0 #A01616 #5BA016 #16A0A0

split-complementary

#5B16A0 #A0A016 #16A016

monochromatic

#1E0734 #3C0F6A #5B16A0 #7A1DD6 #984AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.16

#5B16A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#5B16A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B16A0

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B16A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B16A0	1.00	10.16	2.07	10.16
#FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A405E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b16a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 22, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.197 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915fbd',
    500: '#5b16a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b16a0;
$custom-light: #915fbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b16a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40205,
    "c": 0.19692,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B16A0

secondary

#89C84A

accent

#F23594

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B16A0

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

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