#5B217A#5B217A

#5B217A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.147 H 311.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B217A
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 122)
HSL	hsl(279, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(279, 73%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 73%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.91, 41.79, -39.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.91, 57.34, 316.79°)
OKLab	oklab(37.98% 0.097 -0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(37.98% 0.147 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.3704, 4.7172, 18.8782)
Luminance	0.0472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B217A #407A21

analogous

#2E217A #5B217A #7A216C

triadic

#5B217A #7A5B21 #217A5B

tetradic

#5B217A #7A2E21 #407A21 #216C7A

square

#5B217A #7A2E21 #407A21 #216C7A

split-complementary

#5B217A #6C7A21 #217A2E

monochromatic

#13071A #37144A #5B217A #7F2EAA #9F48CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.81

#5B217A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#5B217A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B217A

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B217A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B217A	1.00	10.81	1.94	10.81
#FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#143E78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b217a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.147 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d62a1',
    500: '#5b217a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b217a;
$custom-light: #8d62a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b217a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.101,
    "s": 57.419,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37978,
    "c": 0.1474,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B217A

secondary

#6CAD4A

accent

#E1477D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B217A

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

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