#5B217C#5B217C

#5B217C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.150 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B217C
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 124)
HSL	hsl(278, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(278, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 73.4%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.06, 42.26, -40.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.06, 58.39, 316.37°)
OKLab	oklab(38.13% 0.0968 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(38.13% 0.15 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.4956, 4.7673, 19.5375)
Luminance	0.0477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B217C #427C21

analogous

#2D217C #5B217C #7C216F

triadic

#5B217C #7C5B21 #217C5B

tetradic

#5B217C #7C2D21 #427C21 #216F7C

square

#5B217C #7C2D21 #427C21 #216F7C

split-complementary

#5B217C #6F7C21 #217C2D

monochromatic

#14071B #38144C #5B217C #7E2EAC #9E49CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.75

#5B217C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#5B217C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B217C

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B217C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B217C	1.00	10.75	1.95	10.75
#FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#113F7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b217c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.150 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d62a2',
    500: '#5b217c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b217c;
$custom-light: #8d62a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b217c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.242,
    "s": 57.962,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3813,
    "c": 0.14951,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B217C

secondary

#6FAF4A

accent

#E1477F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B217C

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

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