#5B258A#5B258A

#5B258A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.160 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B258A
RGB	rgb(91, 37, 138)
HSL	hsl(272, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(272, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 73.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.80, 43.77, -46.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.80, 63.68, 313.42°)
OKLab	oklab(39.7% 0.0902 -0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(39.7% 0.16 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.5624, 5.3823, 24.5750)
Luminance	0.0538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B258A #548A25

analogous

#29258A #5B258A #8A2587

triadic

#5B258A #8A5B25 #258A5B

tetradic

#5B258A #8A2925 #548A25 #25878A

square

#5B258A #8A2925 #548A25 #25878A

split-complementary

#5B258A #878A25 #258A29

monochromatic

#1B0B29 #3B185A #5B258A #7B32BA #9957D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.11

#5B258A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#5B258A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B258A

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B258A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B258A	1.00	10.11	2.08	10.11
#FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004288

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b258a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 37, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.160 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e65ad',
    500: '#5b258a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b258a;
$custom-light: #8e65ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b258a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.079,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39703,
    "c": 0.1595,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B258A

secondary

#82B754

accent

#E1478F

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B258A

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

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