#5B249A#5B249A

#5B249A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.178 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B249A
RGB	rgb(91, 36, 154)
HSL	hsl(268, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 76.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.95, 48.25, -54.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.95, 72.59, 311.65°)
OKLab	oklab(40.93% 0.0877 -0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(40.93% 0.178 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.7765, 5.8189, 31.1210)
Luminance	0.0582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B249A #639A24

analogous

#24289A #5B249A #96249A

triadic

#5B249A #9A5B24 #249A5B

tetradic

#5B249A #9A2428 #639A24 #249A96

square

#5B249A #9A2428 #639A24 #249A96

split-complementary

#5B249A #9A9624 #289A24

monochromatic

#200D37 #3E1868 #5B249A #7830CC #985FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.71

#5B249A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#5B249A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B249A

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B249A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B249A	1.00	9.71	2.16	9.71
#FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b249a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 36, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.178 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9065b9',
    500: '#5b249a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b249a;
$custom-light: #9065b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b249a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.966,
    "s": 62.105,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40928,
    "c": 0.1781,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B249A

secondary

#90BF5B

accent

#E54399

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B249A

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

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