#5B218E#5B218E

#5B218E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.169 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B218E
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 142)
HSL	hsl(272, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(272, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 76.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.48, 46.58, -49.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.48, 67.79, 313.40°)
OKLab	oklab(39.58% 0.0934 -0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(39.58% 0.169 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.7396, 5.2649, 26.0891)
Luminance	0.0527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B218E #548E21

analogous

#25218E #5B218E #8E218B

triadic

#5B218E #8E5B21 #218E5B

tetradic

#5B218E #8E2521 #548E21 #218B8E

square

#5B218E #8E2521 #548E21 #218B8E

split-complementary

#5B218E #8B8E21 #218E25

monochromatic

#1B0A2B #3B155C #5B218E #7B2DC0 #9952D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.23

#5B218E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#5B218E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B218E

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B218E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B218E	1.00	10.23	2.05	10.23
#FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b218e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.169 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e63b0',
    500: '#5b218e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b218e;
$custom-light: #8e63b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b218e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.927,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39577,
    "c": 0.16859,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B218E

secondary

#82BA50

accent

#E5428F

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B218E

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

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