#5B259F#5B259F

#5B259F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.182 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B259F
RGB	rgb(91, 37, 159)
HSL	hsl(267, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(267, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.8%, 76.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.54, 49.08, -56.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.54, 74.71, 311.06°)
OKLab	oklab(41.48% 0.0855 -0.1612)
OKLCH	oklch(41.48% 0.182 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.2323, 6.0503, 33.3702)
Luminance	0.0605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B259F #699F25

analogous

#252C9F #5B259F #98259F

triadic

#5B259F #9F5B25 #259F5B

tetradic

#5B259F #9F252C #699F25 #259F98

square

#5B259F #9F252C #699F25 #259F98

split-complementary

#5B259F #9F9825 #2C9F25

monochromatic

#220E3C #3F196D #5B259F #7832CF #9864DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.50

#5B259F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#5B259F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B259F

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B259F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B259F	1.00	9.50	2.21	9.50
#FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4561

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b259f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 37, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.182 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9066bc',
    500: '#5b259f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b259f;
$custom-light: #9066bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b259f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.557,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41475,
    "c": 0.18244,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B259F

secondary

#95C05F

accent

#E5429D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B259F

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

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