#5B259A#5B259A

#5B259A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.177 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B259A
RGB	rgb(91, 37, 154)
HSL	hsl(268, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 76%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.11, 47.80, -53.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.11, 72.10, 311.52°)
OKLab	oklab(41.04% 0.0868 -0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(41.04% 0.177 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.8072, 5.8802, 31.1312)
Luminance	0.0588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B259A #649A25

analogous

#252A9A #5B259A #95259A

triadic

#5B259A #9A5B25 #259A5B

tetradic

#5B259A #9A252A #649A25 #259A95

square

#5B259A #9A252A #649A25 #259A95

split-complementary

#5B259A #9A9525 #2A9A25

monochromatic

#210D37 #3E1969 #5B259A #7831CB #9860D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.65

#5B259A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#5B259A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B259A

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B259A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B259A	1.00	9.65	2.18	9.65
#FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b259a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 37, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.177 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f65b9',
    500: '#5b259a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b259a;
$custom-light: #8f65b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b259a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 61.257,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41039,
    "c": 0.17701,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B259A

secondary

#91BE5D

accent

#E4439A

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B259A

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

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