#5C166B#5C166B

#5C166B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.147 H 319.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C166B
RGB	rgb(92, 22, 107)
HSL	hsl(289, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(289, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 79.4%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.38, 43.34, -33.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.38, 54.91, 322.12°)
OKLab	oklab(35.86% 0.1119 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(35.86% 0.147 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.3540, 3.9110, 14.2746)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C166B #256B16

analogous

#32166B #5C166B #6B164F

triadic

#5C166B #6B5C16 #166B5C

tetradic

#5C166B #6B3216 #256B16 #164F6B

square

#5C166B #6B3216 #256B16 #164F6B

split-complementary

#5C166B #4F6B16 #166B32

monochromatic

#160519 #300C38 #5C166B #88209E #B32BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#5C166B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#5C166B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C166B

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C166B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C166B	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E3A69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C2840

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c166b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 22, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.147 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d5c96',
    500: '#5c166b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c166b;
$custom-light: #8d5c96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c166b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.412,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35862,
    "c": 0.14651,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C166B

secondary

#4DA13B

accent

#E93F5D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C166B

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

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