#5B218F#5B218F

#5B218F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.170 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B218F
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 143)
HSL	hsl(272, 63%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(272, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 76.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.56, 46.82, -49.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.56, 68.32, 313.27°)
OKLab	oklab(39.66% 0.0931 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(39.66% 0.17 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.8150, 5.2950, 26.4862)
Luminance	0.0529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B218F #558F21

analogous

#24218F #5B218F #8F218C

triadic

#5B218F #8F5B21 #218F5B

tetradic

#5B218F #8F2421 #558F21 #218C8F

square

#5B218F #8F2421 #558F21 #218C8F

split-complementary

#5B218F #8C8F21 #218F24

monochromatic

#1C0A2C #3B165D #5B218F #7B2CC1 #9953D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.20

#5B218F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#5B218F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B218F

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B218F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B218F	1.00	10.20	2.06	10.20
#FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503D57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b218f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.170 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f63b1',
    500: '#5b218f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b218f;
$custom-light: #8f63b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b218f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.636,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39661,
    "c": 0.16965,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B218F

secondary

#83BB51

accent

#E6428F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B218F

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

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