#5B208A#5B208A

#5B208A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.166 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B208A
RGB	rgb(91, 32, 138)
HSL	hsl(273, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(273, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 76.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.00, 46.04, -47.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.00, 66.19, 314.07°)
OKLab	oklab(39.14% 0.0952 -0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(39.14% 0.166 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.4173, 5.0922, 24.5266)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B208A #4F8A20

analogous

#26208A #5B208A #8A2084

triadic

#5B208A #8A5B20 #208A5B

tetradic

#5B208A #8A2620 #4F8A20 #20848A

square

#5B208A #8A2620 #4F8A20 #20848A

split-complementary

#5B208A #848A20 #208A26

monochromatic

#190927 #3A1458 #5B208A #7C2CBC #9A4ED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.40

#5B208A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#5B208A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B208A

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B208A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B208A	1.00	10.40	2.02	10.40
#FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004088

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b208a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 32, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.166 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e62ad',
    500: '#5b208a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b208a;
$custom-light: #8e62ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b208a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.396,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39136,
    "c": 0.1655,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B208A

secondary

#7DB94D

accent

#E5428B

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B208A

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

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