#5B208D#5B208D

#5B208D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.169 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B208D
RGB	rgb(91, 32, 141)
HSL	hsl(272, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(272, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 77.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.24, 46.77, -49.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.24, 67.75, 313.65°)
OKLab	oklab(39.39% 0.0945 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(39.39% 0.169 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.6375, 5.1803, 25.6863)
Luminance	0.0518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B208D #528D20

analogous

#25208D #5B208D #8D2089

triadic

#5B208D #8D5B20 #208D5B

tetradic

#5B208D #8D2520 #528D20 #20898D

square

#5B208D #8D2520 #528D20 #20898D

split-complementary

#5B208D #898D20 #208D25

monochromatic

#1B0929 #3B155B #5B208D #7B2BBF #9950D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.31

#5B208D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#5B208D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B208D

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B208D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B208D	1.00	10.31	2.04	10.31
#FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b208d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 32, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.169 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e62af',
    500: '#5b208d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b208d;
$custom-light: #8e62af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b208d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.477,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39386,
    "c": 0.16865,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B208D

secondary

#80BA4E

accent

#E6428D

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B208D

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

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