#5B218D#5B218D

#5B218D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.168 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B218D
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 141)
HSL	hsl(272, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(272, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 76.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.39, 46.33, -48.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.39, 67.27, 313.53°)
OKLab	oklab(39.49% 0.0936 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(39.49% 0.168 304)
XYZ	xyz(9.6648, 5.2350, 25.6954)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B218D #538D21

analogous

#25218D #5B218D #8D2189

triadic

#5B218D #8D5B21 #218D5B

tetradic

#5B218D #8D2521 #538D21 #21898D

square

#5B218D #8D2521 #538D21 #21898D

split-complementary

#5B218D #898D21 #218D25

monochromatic

#1B0A2A #3B155B #5B218D #7B2DBF #9952D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.26

#5B218D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#5B218D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B218D

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B218D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B218D	1.00	10.26	2.05	10.26
#FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b218d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.168 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e63af',
    500: '#5b218d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b218d;
$custom-light: #8e63af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b218d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.222,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39493,
    "c": 0.16753,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.05235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B218D

secondary

#81BA50

accent

#E5438E

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B218D

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

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