#5B249B#5B249B

#5B249B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.179 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B249B
RGB	rgb(91, 36, 155)
HSL	hsl(268, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 76.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.04, 48.50, -54.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.04, 73.12, 311.56°)
OKLab	oklab(41.02% 0.0874 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(41.02% 0.179 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.8602, 5.8523, 31.5614)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B249B #649B24

analogous

#24289B #5B249B #97249B

triadic

#5B249B #9B5B24 #249B5B

tetradic

#5B249B #9B2428 #649B24 #249B97

square

#5B249B #9B2428 #649B24 #249B97

split-complementary

#5B249B #9B9724 #289B24

monochromatic

#210D38 #3E1869 #5B249B #7830CD #985FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#5B249B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#5B249B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B249B

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B249B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B249B	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b249b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 36, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.179 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9065b9',
    500: '#5b249b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b249b;
$custom-light: #9065b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b249b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.731,
    "s": 62.304,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41015,
    "c": 0.17918,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B249B

secondary

#91BF5C

accent

#E5429A

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B249B

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

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