#5B208C#5B208C

#5B208C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.168 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B208C
RGB	rgb(91, 32, 140)
HSL	hsl(273, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(273, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 77.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.16, 46.52, -48.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.16, 67.23, 313.79°)
OKLab	oklab(39.3% 0.0948 -0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(39.3% 0.168 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.5634, 5.1507, 25.2962)
Luminance	0.0515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B208C #518C20

analogous

#25208C #5B208C #8C2087

triadic

#5B208C #8C5B20 #208C5B

tetradic

#5B208C #8C2520 #518C20 #20878C

square

#5B208C #8C2520 #518C20 #20878C

split-complementary

#5B208C #878C20 #208C25

monochromatic

#1A0928 #3B155A #5B208C #7B2BBE #9950D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.34

#5B208C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#5B208C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B208C

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B208C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B208C	1.00	10.34	2.03	10.34
#FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b208c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 32, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.168 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e62ae',
    500: '#5b208c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b208c;
$custom-light: #8e62ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b208c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.778,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39302,
    "c": 0.1676,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B208C

secondary

#7FBA4E

accent

#E6428C

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B208C

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

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