#5B258C#5B258C

#5B258C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.162 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B258C
RGB	rgb(91, 37, 140)
HSL	hsl(271, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 73.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.96, 44.26, -47.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.96, 64.74, 313.13°)
OKLab	oklab(39.87% 0.0898 -0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(39.87% 0.162 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.7085, 5.4408, 25.3446)
Luminance	0.0544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B258C #568C25

analogous

#27258C #5B258C #8C258A

triadic

#5B258C #8C5B25 #258C5B

tetradic

#5B258C #8C2725 #568C25 #258A8C

square

#5B258C #8C2725 #568C25 #258A8C

split-complementary

#5B258C #8A8C25 #258C27

monochromatic

#1C0B2B #3C185C #5B258C #7A32BC #9958D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.06

#5B258C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#5B258C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B258C

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B258C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B258C	1.00	10.06	2.09	10.06
#FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b258c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 37, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.162 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e65ae',
    500: '#5b258c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b258c;
$custom-light: #8e65ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b258c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.456,
    "s": 58.192,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39865,
    "c": 0.1617,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B258C

secondary

#84B855

accent

#E14690

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B258C

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

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