#5B249D#5B249D

#5B249D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.181 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B249D
RGB	rgb(91, 36, 157)
HSL	hsl(267, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(267, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 77.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.21, 49.01, -55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.21, 74.15, 311.37°)
OKLab	oklab(41.19% 0.0869 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(41.19% 0.181 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.0295, 5.9201, 32.4533)
Luminance	0.0592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B249D #669D24

analogous

#24299D #5B249D #97249D

triadic

#5B249D #9D5B24 #249D5B

tetradic

#5B249D #9D2429 #669D24 #249D97

square

#5B249D #9D2429 #669D24 #249D97

split-complementary

#5B249D #9D9724 #299D24

monochromatic

#210D39 #3E196B #5B249D #782FCF #9861DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#5B249D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#5B249D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B249D

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B249D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B249D	1.00	9.62	2.18	9.62
#FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b249d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 36, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.181 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9065bb',
    500: '#5b249d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b249d;
$custom-light: #9065bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b249d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 62.694,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4119,
    "c": 0.18134,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B249D

secondary

#93C05D

accent

#E6429B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B249D

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

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