#5B219A#5B219A

#5B219A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.181 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B219A
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 154)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(269, 79%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 78.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.50, 49.55, -54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.50, 74.01, 312.02°)
OKLab	oklab(40.61% 0.0903 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(40.61% 0.181 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.6895, 5.6448, 31.0920)
Luminance	0.0565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B219A #609A21

analogous

#21249A #5B219A #98219A

triadic

#5B219A #9A5B21 #219A5B

tetradic

#5B219A #9A2124 #609A21 #219A98

square

#5B219A #9A2124 #609A21 #219A98

split-complementary

#5B219A #9A9821 #249A21

monochromatic

#1F0B35 #3D1668 #5B219A #792CCC #985ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#5B219A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#5B219A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B219A

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B219A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B219A	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C415D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b219a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.181 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9063b9',
    500: '#5b219a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b219a;
$custom-light: #9063b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b219a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.76,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40611,
    "c": 0.18126,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B219A

secondary

#8EC057

accent

#E84097

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B219A

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

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