#5E166B#5E166B

#5E166B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.147 H 321.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E166B
RGB	rgb(94, 22, 107)
HSL	hsl(291, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(291, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 79.4%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.72, 43.78, -33.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.72, 54.91, 322.88°)
OKLab	oklab(36.18% 0.1145 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(36.18% 0.147 321)
XYZ	xyz(7.5565, 4.0154, 14.2841)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E166B #236B16

analogous

#34166B #5E166B #6B164D

triadic

#5E166B #6B5E16 #166B5E

tetradic

#5E166B #6B3416 #236B16 #164D6B

square

#5E166B #6B3416 #236B16 #164D6B

split-complementary

#5E166B #4D6B16 #166B34

monochromatic

#160519 #310C38 #5E166B #8B209E #B72BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#5E166B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#5E166B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E166B

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E166B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E166B	1.00	11.65	1.80	11.65
#FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203B69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F2740

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e166b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 22, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.147 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f5c96',
    500: '#5e166b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e166b;
$custom-light: #8f5c96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e166b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.824,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36177,
    "c": 0.14739,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.04015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E166B

secondary

#4BA13B

accent

#E93F59

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040D

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E166B

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

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