#5B216F#5B216F

#5B216F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.136 H 316.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B216F
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 111)
HSL	hsl(285, 54%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(285, 70%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 70.3%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.14, 39.29, -33.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.14, 51.62, 319.56°)
OKLab	oklab(37.18% 0.098 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(37.18% 0.136 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7270, 4.4598, 15.4897)
Luminance	0.0446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 5.49

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B216F #356F21

analogous

#34216F #5B216F #6F215C

triadic

#5B216F #6F5B21 #216F5B

tetradic

#5B216F #6F3421 #356F21 #215C6F

square

#5B216F #6F3421 #356F21 #215C6F

split-complementary

#5B216F #5C6F21 #216F34

monochromatic

#130718 #341340 #5B216F #822F9E #A543C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.10

#5B216F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#5B216F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B216F

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B216F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B216F	1.00	11.10	1.89	11.10
#FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003871

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#213D6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A3045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b216f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.136 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6199',
    500: '#5b216f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b216f;
$custom-light: #8c6199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b216f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.615,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37175,
    "c": 0.13583,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B216F

secondary

#60A349

accent

#DE4A70

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B216F

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

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