#5B209B#5B209B

#5B209B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.183 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B209B
RGB	rgb(91, 32, 155)
HSL	hsl(269, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(269, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 79.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.44, 50.21, -55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.44, 74.98, 312.04°)
OKLab	oklab(40.6% 0.0909 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(40.6% 0.183 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.7458, 5.6236, 31.5233)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B209B #609B20

analogous

#20239B #5B209B #99209B

triadic

#5B209B #9B5B20 #209B5B

tetradic

#5B209B #9B2023 #609B20 #209B99

square

#5B209B #9B2023 #609B20 #209B99

split-complementary

#5B209B #9B9920 #239B20

monochromatic

#1F0B36 #3D1668 #5B209B #792ACE #9859DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.88

#5B209B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#5B209B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B209B

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B209B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B209B	1.00	9.88	2.12	9.88
#FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C415D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b209b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 32, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.183 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9063b9',
    500: '#5b209b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b209b;
$custom-light: #9063b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b209b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.78,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40599,
    "c": 0.18332,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B209B

secondary

#8EC156

accent

#E93F97

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B209B

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

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