#5F168B#5F168B

#5F168B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.178 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F168B
RGB	rgb(95, 22, 139)
HSL	hsl(277, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(277, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 84.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.36, 50.78, -49.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.36, 70.69, 315.91°)
OKLab	oklab(38.84% 0.1093 -0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(38.84% 0.178 308)
XYZ	xyz(9.6654, 4.8709, 24.8521)
Luminance	0.0487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F168B #428B16

analogous

#25168B #5F168B #8B167D

triadic

#5F168B #8B5F16 #168B5F

tetradic

#5F168B #8B2516 #428B16 #167D8B

square

#5F168B #8B2516 #428B16 #167D8B

split-complementary

#5F168B #7D8B16 #168B25

monochromatic

#170521 #3B0E56 #5F168B #831EC0 #A23BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.64

#5F168B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#5F168B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5F168B

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F168B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5F168B	1.00	10.64	1.97	10.64
#FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#583652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f168b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 22, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.178 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915eae',
    500: '#5f168b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f168b;
$custom-light: #915eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f168b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.436,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38844,
    "c": 0.17756,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.04871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F168B

secondary

#6EBF3E

accent

#EF387D

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F168B

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

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