#5B208F#5B208F

#5B208F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.171 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B208F
RGB	rgb(91, 32, 143)
HSL	hsl(272, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(272, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 77.6%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.41, 47.25, -49.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.41, 68.79, 313.39°)
OKLab	oklab(39.56% 0.0941 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(39.56% 0.171 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.7877, 5.2403, 26.4771)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B208F #548F20

analogous

#24208F #5B208F #8F208C

triadic

#5B208F #8F5B20 #208F5B

tetradic

#5B208F #8F2420 #548F20 #208C8F

square

#5B208F #8F2420 #548F20 #208C8F

split-complementary

#5B208F #8C8F20 #208F24

monochromatic

#1B0A2B #3B155D #5B208F #7B2BC1 #9951D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#5B208F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#5B208F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B208F

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B208F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B208F	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503C56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b208f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 32, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.171 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f62b1',
    500: '#5b208f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b208f;
$custom-light: #8f62b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b208f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.892,
    "s": 63.429,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39555,
    "c": 0.17075,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B208F

secondary

#82BB4F

accent

#E6418F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B208F

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

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