#5F166C#5F166C

#5F166C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.149 H 321.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F166C
RGB	rgb(95, 22, 108)
HSL	hsl(291, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(291, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 79.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.97, 44.20, -33.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.97, 55.39, 322.94°)
OKLab	oklab(36.41% 0.1157 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(36.41% 0.149 321)
XYZ	xyz(7.7127, 4.0898, 14.5676)
Luminance	0.0409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 4.54

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F166C #236C16

analogous

#34166C #5F166C #6C164E

triadic

#5F166C #6C5F16 #166C5F

tetradic

#5F166C #6C3416 #236C16 #164E6C

square

#5F166C #6C3416 #236C16 #164E6C

split-complementary

#5F166C #4E6C16 #166C34

monochromatic

#160519 #320C39 #5F166C #8C209F #B82BD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.55

#5F166C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#5F166C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F166C

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F166C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F166C	1.00	11.55	1.82	11.55
#FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#203C6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#602740

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f166c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 22, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.149 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905c97',
    500: '#5f166c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f166c;
$custom-light: #905c97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f166c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.93,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36406,
    "c": 0.14875,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.04089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F166C

secondary

#4BA23C

accent

#E93F58

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0D040D

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F166C

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

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