#5B219D#5B219D

#5B219D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.184 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B219D
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 157)
HSL	hsl(268, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 79%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.76, 50.30, -56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.76, 75.55, 311.74°)
OKLab	oklab(40.88% 0.0895 -0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(40.88% 0.184 299)
XYZ	xyz(10.9425, 5.7460, 32.4243)
Luminance	0.0575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B219D #639D21

analogous

#21259D #5B219D #99219D

triadic

#5B219D #9D5B21 #219D5B

tetradic

#5B219D #9D2125 #639D21 #219D99

square

#5B219D #9D2125 #639D21 #219D99

split-complementary

#5B219D #9D9921 #259D21

monochromatic

#200C38 #3E166A #5B219D #782CD0 #985CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#5B219D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#5B219D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B219D

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B219D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B219D	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B435F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b219d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.184 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9063bb',
    500: '#5b219d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b219d;
$custom-light: #9063bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b219d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.065,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40877,
    "c": 0.18443,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.05746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B219D

secondary

#90C159

accent

#E84099

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B219D

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

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