#5909CD#5909CD

#5909CD is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.246 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5909CD
RGB	rgb(89, 9, 205)
HSL	hsl(264, 92%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(264, 96%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 95.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.18, 68.26, -81.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.18, 105.93, 310.11°)
OKLab	oklab(43.92% 0.0784 -0.2331)
OKLCH	oklch(43.92% 0.246 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.2337, 6.7262, 58.2413)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5909CD #7DCD09

analogous

#091BCD #5909CD #BB09CD

triadic

#5909CD #CD5909 #09CD59

tetradic

#5909CD #CD091B #7DCD09 #09CDBB

square

#5909CD #CD091B #7DCD09 #09CDBB

split-complementary

#5909CD #CDBB09 #1BCD09

monochromatic

#260458 #400692 #5909CD #761EF5 #9A59F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#5909CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#5909CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5909CD

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5909CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5909CD	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#225278

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5909cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 9, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.246 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#965fde',
    500: '#5909cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5909cd;
$custom-light: #965fde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5909cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.49,
    "s": 91.589,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43918,
    "c": 0.24593,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5909CD

secondary

#A5DA57

accent

#FF29A8

background

#FAF6FD

surface

#F4EBFB

border

#CEC6D4

text

#0F0515

muted

#7F7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5909CD

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

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