#5B209E#5B209E

#5B209E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.186 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B209E
RGB	rgb(91, 32, 158)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 79.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.71, 50.96, -57.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.71, 76.51, 311.76°)
OKLab	oklab(40.87% 0.09 -0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(40.87% 0.186 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.0009, 5.7256, 32.8667)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B209E #639E20

analogous

#20249E #5B209E #9A209E

triadic

#5B209E #9E5B20 #209E5B

tetradic

#5B209E #9E2024 #639E20 #209E9A

square

#5B209E #9E2024 #639E20 #209E9A

split-complementary

#5B209E #9E9A20 #249E20

monochromatic

#200B38 #3E166B #5B209E #782AD1 #985BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#5B209E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#5B209E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B209E

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B209E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B209E	1.00	9.79	2.15	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A435F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b209e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 32, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.186 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9063bc',
    500: '#5b209e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b209e;
$custom-light: #9063bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b209e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.095,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40867,
    "c": 0.18646,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B209E

secondary

#90C258

accent

#E93F99

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B209E

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

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