#5A209B#5A209B

#5A209B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.183 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A209B
RGB	rgb(90, 32, 155)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.9%, 79.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.31, 50.05, -55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.31, 75.04, 311.83°)
OKLab	oklab(40.48% 0.0893 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(40.48% 0.183 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.6478, 5.5731, 31.5187)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A209B #619B20

analogous

#20249B #5A209B #98209B

triadic

#5A209B #9B5A20 #209B5A

tetradic

#5A209B #9B2024 #619B20 #209B98

square

#5A209B #9B2024 #619B20 #209B98

split-complementary

#5A209B #9B9820 #249B20

monochromatic

#1F0B36 #3D1668 #5A209B #772ACE #9759DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#5A209B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#5A209B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A209B

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A209B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A209B	1.00	9.93	2.11	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a209b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 32, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.183 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f63b9',
    500: '#5a209b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a209b;
$custom-light: #8f63b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a209b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.293,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40477,
    "c": 0.18318,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A209B

secondary

#8EC156

accent

#E93F99

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A209B

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

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