#5B218A#5B218A

#5B218A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.164 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B218A
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 138)
HSL	hsl(273, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(273, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 76.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.15, 45.60, -47.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.15, 65.71, 313.95°)
OKLab	oklab(39.24% 0.0943 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(39.24% 0.164 305)
XYZ	xyz(9.4447, 5.1469, 24.5357)
Luminance	0.0515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B218A #508A21

analogous

#26218A #5B218A #8A2184

triadic

#5B218A #8A5B21 #218A5B

tetradic

#5B218A #8A2621 #508A21 #21848A

square

#5B218A #8A2621 #508A21 #21848A

split-complementary

#5B218A #848A21 #218A26

monochromatic

#1A0927 #3A1559 #5B218A #7C2DBB #9A50D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.35

#5B218A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#5B218A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B218A

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B218A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B218A	1.00	10.35	2.03	10.35
#FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004088

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b218a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.164 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e62ad',
    500: '#5b218a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b218a;
$custom-light: #8e62ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b218a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.143,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39244,
    "c": 0.16435,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.05147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B218A

secondary

#7EB94E

accent

#E5438B

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B218A

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

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