#5B259D#5B259D

#5B259D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.180 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B259D
RGB	rgb(91, 37, 157)
HSL	hsl(267, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(267, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 76.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.37, 48.56, -55.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.37, 73.67, 311.24°)
OKLab	oklab(41.3% 0.086 -0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(41.3% 0.18 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.0602, 5.9814, 32.4636)
Luminance	0.0598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B259D #679D25

analogous

#252B9D #5B259D #97259D

triadic

#5B259D #9D5B25 #259D5B

tetradic

#5B259D #9D252B #679D25 #259D97

square

#5B259D #9D252B #679D25 #259D97

split-complementary

#5B259D #9D9725 #2B9D25

monochromatic

#220E3A #3E196B #5B259D #7831CE #9862DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.56

#5B259D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#5B259D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B259D

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B259D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B259D	1.00	9.56	2.20	9.56
#FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b259d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 37, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.180 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9065bb',
    500: '#5b259d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b259d;
$custom-light: #9065bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b259d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41299,
    "c": 0.18027,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B259D

secondary

#94BF5E

accent

#E5439C

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B259D

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

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