#5B256D#5B256D

#5B256D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.128 H 316.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B256D
RGB	rgb(91, 37, 109)
HSL	hsl(285, 49%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(285, 66%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 66.1%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.72, 36.86, -31.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.72, 48.33, 319.70°)
OKLab	oklab(37.55% 0.093 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(37.55% 0.128 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7359, 4.6517, 14.9554)
Luminance	0.0465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B256D #376D25

analogous

#37256D #5B256D #6D255B

triadic

#5B256D #6D5B25 #256D5B

tetradic

#5B256D #6D3725 #376D25 #255B6D

square

#5B256D #6D3725 #376D25 #255B6D

split-complementary

#5B256D #5B6D25 #256D37

monochromatic

#130817 #35153F #5B256D #81359B #A44BC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.88

#5B256D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#5B256D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B256D

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B256D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B256D	1.00	10.88	1.93	10.88
#FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D3A6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#263F6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A3245

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b256d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 37, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.128 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6397',
    500: '#5b256d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b256d;
$custom-light: #8c6397;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b256d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 49.315,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37551,
    "c": 0.12772,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B256D

secondary

#62A04E

accent

#D94F71

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050D

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B256D

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

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