#5B25A5#5B25A5

#5B25A5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.189 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B25A5
RGB	rgb(91, 37, 165)
HSL	hsl(265, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(265, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 77.6%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.07, 50.62, -59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.07, 77.81, 310.58°)
OKLab	oklab(42.01% 0.0839 -0.1693)
OKLCH	oklch(42.01% 0.189 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.7657, 6.2636, 36.1791)
Luminance	0.0626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.20

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B25A5 #6FA525

analogous

#252FA5 #5B25A5 #9B25A5

triadic

#5B25A5 #A55B25 #25A55B

tetradic

#5B25A5 #A5252F #6FA525 #25A59B

square

#5B25A5 #A5252F #6FA525 #25A59B

split-complementary

#5B25A5 #A59B25 #2FA525

monochromatic

#240F41 #3F1A73 #5B25A5 #7735D2 #9967DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.32

#5B25A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#5B25A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B25A5

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B25A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B25A5	1.00	9.32	2.25	9.32
#FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b25a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 37, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.189 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9166c1',
    500: '#5b25a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b25a5;
$custom-light: #9166c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b25a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.313,
    "s": 63.366,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42008,
    "c": 0.18893,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B25A5

secondary

#9AC363

accent

#E641A1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B25A5

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

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