#5B259C#5B259C

#5B259C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.179 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B259C
RGB	rgb(91, 37, 156)
HSL	hsl(267, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(267, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 76.3%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.28, 48.31, -54.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.28, 73.15, 311.33°)
OKLab	oklab(41.21% 0.0863 -0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(41.21% 0.179 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.9752, 5.9474, 32.0158)
Luminance	0.0595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B259C #669C25

analogous

#252A9C #5B259C #96259C

triadic

#5B259C #9C5B25 #259C5B

tetradic

#5B259C #9C252A #669C25 #259C96

square

#5B259C #9C252A #669C25 #259C96

split-complementary

#5B259C #9C9625 #2A9C25

monochromatic

#210E39 #3E196B #5B259C #7831CD #9862DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.59

#5B259C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#5B259C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B259C

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B259C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B259C	1.00	9.59	2.19	9.59
#FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b259c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 37, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.179 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9065ba',
    500: '#5b259c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b259c;
$custom-light: #9065ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b259c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.227,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41212,
    "c": 0.17918,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B259C

secondary

#93BF5E

accent

#E5439B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B259C

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

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