#5B217D#5B217D

#5B217D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.151 H 309.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B217D
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 125)
HSL	hsl(278, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(278, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 73.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.14, 42.49, -40.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.14, 58.91, 316.17°)
OKLab	oklab(38.21% 0.0966 -0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(38.21% 0.151 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.5592, 4.7927, 19.8723)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B217D #437D21

analogous

#2D217D #5B217D #7D2171

triadic

#5B217D #7D5B21 #217D5B

tetradic

#5B217D #7D2D21 #437D21 #21717D

square

#5B217D #7D2D21 #437D21 #21717D

split-complementary

#5B217D #717D21 #217D2D

monochromatic

#15071C #38144D #5B217D #7E2EAD #9E49CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#5B217D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#5B217D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B217D

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B217D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B217D	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F3F7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56354D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b217d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.151 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d62a3',
    500: '#5b217d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b217d;
$custom-light: #8d62a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b217d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.826,
    "s": 58.228,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38207,
    "c": 0.15058,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B217D

secondary

#70B04A

accent

#E14680

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B217D

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

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