#5B207E#5B207E

#5B207E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.153 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B207E
RGB	rgb(91, 32, 126)
HSL	hsl(278, 59%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(278, 75%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 74.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.05, 43.18, -41.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.05, 59.94, 316.09°)
OKLab	oklab(38.17% 0.0975 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(38.17% 0.153 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.5960, 4.7637, 20.2013)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B207E #437E20

analogous

#2C207E #5B207E #7E2072

triadic

#5B207E #7E5B20 #207E5B

tetradic

#5B207E #7E2C20 #437E20 #20727E

square

#5B207E #7E2C20 #437E20 #20727E

split-complementary

#5B207E #727E20 #207E2C

monochromatic

#15071C #38144D #5B207E #7E2CAF #9E48D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.75

#5B207E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#5B207E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B207E

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B207E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B207E	1.00	10.75	1.95	10.75
#FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B3E7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56354D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b207e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 32, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.153 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d61a4',
    500: '#5b207e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b207e;
$custom-light: #8d61a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b207e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.66,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3817,
    "c": 0.1529,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B207E

secondary

#70B149

accent

#E34580

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B207E

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

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