#5B258E#5B258E

#5B258E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.164 H 303.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B258E
RGB	rgb(91, 37, 142)
HSL	hsl(271, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 73.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.12, 44.76, -48.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.12, 65.80, 312.87°)
OKLab	oklab(40.03% 0.0894 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(40.03% 0.164 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.8573, 5.5003, 26.1283)
Luminance	0.0550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B258E #588E25

analogous

#26258E #5B258E #8E258C

triadic

#5B258E #8E5B25 #258E5B

tetradic

#5B258E #8E2625 #588E25 #258C8E

square

#5B258E #8E2625 #588E25 #258C8E

split-complementary

#5B258E #8C8E25 #258E26

monochromatic

#1D0C2D #3C185D #5B258E #7A32BF #985AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.00

#5B258E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#5B258E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B258E

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B258E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B258E	1.00	10.00	2.10	10.00
#FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b258e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 37, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.164 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e65b0',
    500: '#5b258e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b258e;
$custom-light: #8e65b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b258e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.857,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40028,
    "c": 0.16389,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B258E

secondary

#86B956

accent

#E24692

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B258E

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

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