#5B219C#5B219C

#5B219C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.183 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B219C
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 156)
HSL	hsl(268, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 78.8%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.67, 50.05, -55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.67, 75.04, 311.83°)
OKLab	oklab(40.79% 0.0897 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(40.79% 0.183 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.8575, 5.7120, 31.9765)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B219C #629C21

analogous

#21249C #5B219C #99219C

triadic

#5B219C #9C5B21 #219C5B

tetradic

#5B219C #9C2124 #629C21 #219C99

square

#5B219C #9C2124 #629C21 #219C99

split-complementary

#5B219C #9C9921 #249C21

monochromatic

#200C37 #3E1669 #5B219C #782CCF #985BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#5B219C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#5B219C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B219C

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B219C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B219C	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b219c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.183 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9063ba',
    500: '#5b219c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b219c;
$custom-light: #9063ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b219c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.293,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40788,
    "c": 0.18338,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B219C

secondary

#8FC158

accent

#E84099

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B219C

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

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