#5E209B#5E209B

#5E209B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.184 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E209B
RGB	rgb(94, 32, 155)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(270, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 79.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.85, 50.70, -55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.85, 74.81, 312.67°)
OKLab	oklab(40.97% 0.0954 -0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(40.97% 0.184 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.0475, 5.7792, 31.5375)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E209B #5D9B20

analogous

#21209B #5E209B #9B209B

triadic

#5E209B #9B5E20 #209B5E

tetradic

#5E209B #9B2120 #5D9B20 #209B9B

square

#5E209B #9B2120 #5D9B20 #209B9B

split-complementary

#5E209B #9B9B20 #209B21

monochromatic

#200B36 #3F1668 #5E209B #7D2ACE #9B59DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#5E209B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#5E209B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E209B

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E209B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E209B	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50415D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e209b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 32, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.184 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9263b9',
    500: '#5e209b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e209b;
$custom-light: #9263b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e209b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.244,
    "s": 65.775,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4097,
    "c": 0.1838,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E209B

secondary

#8BC156

accent

#E93F93

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E209B

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

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