#5B259B#5B259B

#5B259B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.178 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B259B
RGB	rgb(91, 37, 155)
HSL	hsl(267, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(267, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 76.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.19, 48.05, -54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.19, 72.63, 311.43°)
OKLab	oklab(41.13% 0.0865 -0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(41.13% 0.178 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.8908, 5.9137, 31.5717)
Luminance	0.0591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B259B #659B25

analogous

#252A9B #5B259B #96259B

triadic

#5B259B #9B5B25 #259B5B

tetradic

#5B259B #9B252A #659B25 #259B96

square

#5B259B #9B252A #659B25 #259B96

split-complementary

#5B259B #9B9625 #2A9B25

monochromatic

#210D38 #3E196A #5B259B #7831CC #9861D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#5B259B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#5B259B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B259B

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B259B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B259B	1.00	9.62	2.18	9.62
#FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b259b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 37, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.178 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9065b9',
    500: '#5b259b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b259b;
$custom-light: #9065b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b259b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.458,
    "s": 61.458,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41125,
    "c": 0.17809,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B259B

secondary

#92BF5D

accent

#E5439B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B259B

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

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