#5B209D#5B209D

#5B209D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.185 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B209D
RGB	rgb(91, 32, 157)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 79.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.62, 50.71, -56.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.62, 76.00, 311.85°)
OKLab	oklab(40.78% 0.0903 -0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(40.78% 0.185 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.9151, 5.6913, 32.4152)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B209D #629D20

analogous

#20239D #5B209D #9A209D

triadic

#5B209D #9D5B20 #209D5B

tetradic

#5B209D #9D2023 #629D20 #209D9A

square

#5B209D #9D2023 #629D20 #209D9A

split-complementary

#5B209D #9D9A20 #239D20

monochromatic

#200B37 #3E166A #5B209D #782AD0 #985ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#5B209D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#5B209D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B209D

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B209D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B209D	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b209d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 32, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.185 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9063bb',
    500: '#5b209d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b209d;
$custom-light: #9063bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b209d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.32,
    "s": 66.138,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40777,
    "c": 0.18542,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B209D

secondary

#8FC157

accent

#E93F99

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B209D

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

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