#5B218B#5B218B

#5B218B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.165 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B218B
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 139)
HSL	hsl(273, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(273, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 76.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.23, 45.84, -47.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.23, 66.23, 313.80°)
OKLab	oklab(39.33% 0.094 -0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(39.33% 0.165 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.5174, 5.1760, 24.9188)
Luminance	0.0518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B218B #518B21

analogous

#26218B #5B218B #8B2186

triadic

#5B218B #8B5B21 #218B5B

tetradic

#5B218B #8B2621 #518B21 #21868B

square

#5B218B #8B2621 #518B21 #21868B

split-complementary

#5B218B #868B21 #218B26

monochromatic

#1A0A28 #3B155A #5B218B #7B2DBC #9951D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.32

#5B218B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#5B218B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B218B

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B218B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B218B	1.00	10.32	2.04	10.32
#FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b218b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.165 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e63ae',
    500: '#5b218b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b218b;
$custom-light: #8e63ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b218b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.83,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39327,
    "c": 0.16541,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B218B

secondary

#7FB94F

accent

#E5438C

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B218B

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

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