#5B216A#5B216A

#5B216A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.131 H 318.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B216A
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 106)
HSL	hsl(288, 53%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(288, 69%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 68.9%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.81, 38.19, -30.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.81, 49.05, 321.13°)
OKLab	oklab(36.83% 0.0982 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(36.83% 0.131 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.4594, 4.3528, 14.0801)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B216A #306A21

analogous

#36216A #5B216A #6A2155

triadic

#5B216A #6A5B21 #216A5B

tetradic

#5B216A #6A3621 #306A21 #21556A

square

#5B216A #6A3621 #306A21 #21556A

split-complementary

#5B216A #556A21 #216A36

monochromatic

#140717 #33123B #5B216A #833099 #A941C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#5B216A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#5B216A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B216A

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B216A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B216A	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#08376C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#253D68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B2E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b216a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.131 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6195',
    500: '#5b216a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b216a;
$custom-light: #8c6195;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b216a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.671,
    "s": 52.518,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36829,
    "c": 0.13064,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B216A

secondary

#5A9E49

accent

#DC4C69

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF1

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0C050D

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B216A

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

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