#5B209A#5B209A

#5B209A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.182 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B209A
RGB	rgb(91, 32, 154)
HSL	hsl(269, 66%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(269, 79%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 79.2%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.35, 49.96, -55.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.35, 74.47, 312.14°)
OKLab	oklab(40.51% 0.0911 -0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(40.51% 0.182 300)
XYZ	xyz(10.6622, 5.5901, 31.0829)
Luminance	0.0559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B209A #5F9A20

analogous

#20229A #5B209A #98209A

triadic

#5B209A #9A5B20 #209A5B

tetradic

#5B209A #9A2022 #5F9A20 #209A98

square

#5B209A #9A2022 #5F9A20 #209A98

split-complementary

#5B209A #9A9820 #229A20

monochromatic

#1F0B35 #3D1567 #5B209A #792BCD #9858DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.92

#5B209A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#5B209A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B209A

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B209A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B209A	1.00	9.92	2.12	9.92
#FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C415D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b209a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 32, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.182 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9063b9',
    500: '#5b209a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b209a;
$custom-light: #9063b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b209a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.016,
    "s": 65.591,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4051,
    "c": 0.18228,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.0559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B209A

secondary

#8DC056

accent

#E93F97

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B209A

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

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