#5B259E#5B259E

#5B259E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.181 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B259E
RGB	rgb(91, 37, 158)
HSL	hsl(267, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(267, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 76.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.45, 48.82, -55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.45, 74.19, 311.15°)
OKLab	oklab(41.39% 0.0858 -0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(41.39% 0.181 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.1459, 6.0157, 32.9150)
Luminance	0.0602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B259E #689E25

analogous

#252B9E #5B259E #97259E

triadic

#5B259E #9E5B25 #259E5B

tetradic

#5B259E #9E252B #689E25 #259E97

square

#5B259E #9E252B #689E25 #259E97

split-complementary

#5B259E #9E9725 #2B9E25

monochromatic

#220E3B #3E196C #5B259E #7831CF #9863DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.53

#5B259E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#5B259E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B259E

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B259E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B259E	1.00	9.53	2.20	9.53
#FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b259e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 37, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.181 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9065bc',
    500: '#5b259e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b259e;
$custom-light: #9065bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b259e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.777,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41387,
    "c": 0.18135,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B259E

secondary

#95C05F

accent

#E5439D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B259E

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

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