#5B208B#5B208B

#5B208B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.167 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B208B
RGB	rgb(91, 32, 139)
HSL	hsl(273, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(273, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 77%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.08, 46.28, -48.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.08, 66.71, 313.93°)
OKLab	oklab(39.22% 0.095 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(39.22% 0.167 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.4900, 5.1213, 24.9096)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B208B #508B20

analogous

#25208B #5B208B #8B2085

triadic

#5B208B #8B5B20 #208B5B

tetradic

#5B208B #8B2520 #508B20 #20858B

square

#5B208B #8B2520 #508B20 #20858B

split-complementary

#5B208B #858B20 #208B25

monochromatic

#1A0928 #3A1559 #5B208B #7C2BBD #9A4FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.37

#5B208B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#5B208B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B208B

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B208B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B208B	1.00	10.37	2.02	10.37
#FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b208b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 32, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.167 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e62ae',
    500: '#5b208b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b208b;
$custom-light: #8e62ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b208b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.084,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39219,
    "c": 0.16655,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B208B

secondary

#7EBA4D

accent

#E6428B

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B208B

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

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