#5B255A#5B255A

#5B255A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.108 H 328.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B255A
RGB	rgb(91, 37, 90)
HSL	hsl(301, 42%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(301, 59%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 1.1%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.59, 32.81, -20.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.59, 38.77, 327.80°)
OKLab	oklab(36.37% 0.0917 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(36.37% 0.108 328.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8213, 4.2859, 10.1388)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B255A #255B26

analogous

#41255B #5B255A #5B253F

triadic

#5B255A #5A5B25 #255A5B

tetradic

#5B255A #5B4125 #255B26 #253F5B

square

#5B255A #5B4125 #255B26 #253F5B

split-complementary

#5B255A #3F5B25 #255B41

monochromatic

#160916 #2F132F #5B255A #873785 #B248B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.31

#5B255A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#5B255A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B255A

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B255A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B255A	1.00	11.31	1.86	11.31
#FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#20365C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#313D58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2B3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b255a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 37, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.108 328.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6389',
    500: '#5b255a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b255a;
$custom-light: #8b6389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b255a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.111,
    "s": 42.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36369,
    "c": 0.10785,
    "h": 328.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B255A

secondary

#4D8E4F

accent

#D25856

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#F0EBF0

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0C050B

muted

#7D7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B255A

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

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