#5B219E#5B219E

#5B219E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.185 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B219E
RGB	rgb(91, 33, 158)
HSL	hsl(268, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 79.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.85, 50.55, -56.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.85, 76.07, 311.64°)
OKLab	oklab(40.97% 0.0892 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(40.97% 0.185 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.0282, 5.7803, 32.8758)
Luminance	0.0578 (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

#5B219E #649E21

analogous

#21269E #5B219E #9A219E

triadic

#5B219E #9E5B21 #219E5B

tetradic

#5B219E #9E2126 #649E21 #219E9A

square

#5B219E #9E2126 #649E21 #219E9A

split-complementary

#5B219E #9E9A21 #269E21

monochromatic

#210C39 #3E166B #5B219E #782CD1 #985CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#5B219E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#5B219E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B219E

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B219E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B219E	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A435F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b219e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 33, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.185 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9064bc',
    500: '#5b219e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b219e;
$custom-light: #9064bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b219e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.84,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40966,
    "c": 0.18548,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B219E

secondary

#91C159

accent

#E83F9A

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B219E

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

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