#5B256E#5B256E

#5B256E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.129 H 316.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B256E
RGB	rgb(91, 37, 110)
HSL	hsl(284, 50%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(284, 66%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 66.4%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.78, 37.09, -31.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.78, 48.86, 319.39°)
OKLab	oklab(37.62% 0.093 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(37.62% 0.129 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7900, 4.6734, 15.2405)
Luminance	0.0467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 5.63

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B256E #386E25

analogous

#37256E #5B256E #6E255D

triadic

#5B256E #6E5B25 #256E5B

tetradic

#5B256E #6E3725 #386E25 #255D6E

square

#5B256E #6E3725 #386E25 #255D6E

split-complementary

#5B256E #5D6E25 #256E37

monochromatic

#130817 #351640 #5B256E #81349C #A34BC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.85

#5B256E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#5B256E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B256E

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B256E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B256E	1.00	10.85	1.93	10.85
#FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B3A70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#253F6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A3246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b256e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 37, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.129 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6398',
    500: '#5b256e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b256e;
$custom-light: #8c6398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b256e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.384,
    "s": 49.66,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37619,
    "c": 0.12881,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B256E

secondary

#64A14E

accent

#D94F73

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050D

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B256E

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