#5B258F#5B258F

#5B258F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.165 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B258F
RGB	rgb(91, 37, 143)
HSL	hsl(271, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 74.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.20, 45.01, -48.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.20, 66.33, 312.74°)
OKLab	oklab(40.11% 0.0892 -0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(40.11% 0.165 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.9327, 5.5304, 26.5255)
Luminance	0.0553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B258F #598F25

analogous

#26258F #5B258F #8F258E

triadic

#5B258F #8F5B25 #258F5B

tetradic

#5B258F #8F2625 #598F25 #258E8F

square

#5B258F #8F2625 #598F25 #258E8F

split-complementary

#5B258F #8E8F25 #258F26

monochromatic

#1D0C2E #3C185E #5B258F #7A32C0 #985AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.97

#5B258F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#5B258F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B258F

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B258F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B258F	1.00	9.97	2.11	9.97
#FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503F58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b258f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 37, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.165 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e65b1',
    500: '#5b258f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b258f;
$custom-light: #8e65b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b258f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.566,
    "s": 58.889,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4011,
    "c": 0.16499,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B258F

secondary

#87B957

accent

#E24692

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B258F

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

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