#5B218C#5B218C

#5B218C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.166 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B218C
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 140)
HSL	hsl(273, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(273, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 76.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.31, 46.09, -48.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.31, 66.75, 313.66°)
OKLab	oklab(39.41% 0.0938 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(39.41% 0.166 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.5908, 5.2053, 25.3053)
Luminance	0.0520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B218C #528C21

analogous

#25218C #5B218C #8C2188

triadic

#5B218C #8C5B21 #218C5B

tetradic

#5B218C #8C2521 #528C21 #21888C

square

#5B218C #8C2521 #528C21 #21888C

split-complementary

#5B218C #888C21 #218C25

monochromatic

#1B0A29 #3B155A #5B218C #7B2DBE #9951D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.29

#5B218C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#5B218C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B218C

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B218C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B218C	1.00	10.29	2.04	10.29
#FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b218c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.166 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e63ae',
    500: '#5b218c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b218c;
$custom-light: #8e63ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b218c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.523,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3941,
    "c": 0.16647,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B218C

secondary

#80B94F

accent

#E5438D

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B218C

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

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