#5B219B#5B219B

#5B219B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.182 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B219B
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 155)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(269, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 78.7%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.59, 49.79, -55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.59, 74.53, 311.92°)
OKLab	oklab(40.7% 0.09 -0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(40.7% 0.182 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.7731, 5.6783, 31.5324)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B219B #619B21

analogous

#21249B #5B219B #98219B

triadic

#5B219B #9B5B21 #219B5B

tetradic

#5B219B #9B2124 #619B21 #219B98

square

#5B219B #9B2124 #619B21 #219B98

split-complementary

#5B219B #9B9821 #249B21

monochromatic

#200C36 #3D1669 #5B219B #792CCD #985ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#5B219B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#5B219B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B219B

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B219B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B219B	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b219b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.182 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9063b9',
    500: '#5b219b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b219b;
$custom-light: #9063b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b219b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.525,
    "s": 64.894,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40699,
    "c": 0.18232,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B219B

secondary

#8EC058

accent

#E84098

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B219B

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

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