#5B16A1#5B16A1

#5B16A1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.198 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B16A1
RGB	rgb(91, 22, 161)
HSL	hsl(270, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(270, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 86.3%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.77, 55.25, -60.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.77, 81.90, 312.43°)
OKLab	oklab(40.3% 0.0959 -0.1731)
OKLCH	oklch(40.3% 0.198 299)
XYZ	xyz(11.0327, 5.3710, 34.1667)
Luminance	0.0537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B16A1 #5CA116

analogous

#1617A1 #5B16A1 #A016A1

triadic

#5B16A1 #A15B16 #16A15B

tetradic

#5B16A1 #A11617 #5CA116 #16A1A0

square

#5B16A1 #A11617 #5CA116 #16A1A0

split-complementary

#5B16A1 #A1A016 #17A116

monochromatic

#1E0735 #3D0F6B #5B16A1 #791DD7 #984BE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.12

#5B16A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#5B16A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B16A1

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B16A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B16A1	1.00	10.12	2.07	10.12
#FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49405F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b16a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 22, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.198 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915fbe',
    500: '#5b16a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b16a1;
$custom-light: #915fbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b16a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.784,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.403,
    "c": 0.19789,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.05371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B16A1

secondary

#8AC84B

accent

#F33595

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F2EAF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B16A1

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

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