#5B217E#5B217E

#5B217E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.152 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B217E
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 126)
HSL	hsl(277, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(277, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 73.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.21, 42.73, -41.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.21, 59.43, 315.97°)
OKLab	oklab(38.28% 0.0965 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(38.28% 0.152 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.6234, 4.8184, 20.2104)
Luminance	0.0482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B217E #447E21

analogous

#2C217E #5B217E #7E2172

triadic

#5B217E #7E5B21 #217E5B

tetradic

#5B217E #7E2C21 #447E21 #21727E

square

#5B217E #7E2C21 #447E21 #21727E

split-complementary

#5B217E #727E21 #217E2C

monochromatic

#15081D #38144E #5B217E #7E2EAE #9D4AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.69

#5B217E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#5B217E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B217E

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B217E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B217E	1.00	10.69	1.96	10.69
#FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D3F7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b217e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.152 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d62a4',
    500: '#5b217e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b217e;
$custom-light: #8d62a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b217e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.419,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38284,
    "c": 0.15164,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B217E

secondary

#71B14A

accent

#E24681

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B217E

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

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