#5B258D#5B258D

#5B258D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.163 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B258D
RGB	rgb(91, 37, 141)
HSL	hsl(271, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 73.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.04, 44.51, -47.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.04, 65.27, 313.00°)
OKLab	oklab(39.95% 0.0896 -0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(39.95% 0.163 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.7826, 5.4704, 25.7347)
Luminance	0.0547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B258D #578D25

analogous

#27258D #5B258D #8D258B

triadic

#5B258D #8D5B25 #258D5B

tetradic

#5B258D #8D2725 #578D25 #258B8D

square

#5B258D #8D2725 #578D25 #258B8D

split-complementary

#5B258D #8B8D25 #258D27

monochromatic

#1C0C2C #3C185D #5B258D #7A32BD #9959D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.03

#5B258D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#5B258D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B258D

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B258D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B258D	1.00	10.03	2.09	10.03
#FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b258d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 37, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.163 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e65af',
    500: '#5b258d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b258d;
$custom-light: #8e65af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b258d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.154,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39946,
    "c": 0.1628,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B258D

secondary

#85B856

accent

#E24691

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B258D

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

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