#5B217B#5B217B

#5B217B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.148 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B217B
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 123)
HSL	hsl(279, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(279, 73%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 73.2%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.99, 42.03, -39.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.99, 57.86, 316.58°)
OKLab	oklab(38.05% 0.0969 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(38.05% 0.148 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.4327, 4.7421, 19.2061)
Luminance	0.0474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B217B #417B21

analogous

#2E217B #5B217B #7B216E

triadic

#5B217B #7B5B21 #217B5B

tetradic

#5B217B #7B2E21 #417B21 #216E7B

square

#5B217B #7B2E21 #417B21 #216E7B

split-complementary

#5B217B #6E7B21 #217B2E

monochromatic

#14071A #37144B #5B217B #7F2EAB #9F48CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.78

#5B217B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#5B217B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B217B

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B217B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B217B	1.00	10.78	1.95	10.78
#FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#133E79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b217b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.148 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d62a2',
    500: '#5b217b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b217b;
$custom-light: #8d62a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b217b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.667,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38054,
    "c": 0.14846,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B217B

secondary

#6DAE4A

accent

#E1477E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B217B

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

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