#5B25A8#5B25A8

#5B25A8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.192 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B25A8
RGB	rgb(91, 37, 168)
HSL	hsl(265, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(265, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 78%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.34, 51.39, -60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.34, 79.36, 310.36°)
OKLab	oklab(42.28% 0.083 -0.1733)
OKLCH	oklch(42.28% 0.192 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.0419, 6.3741, 37.6341)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.87

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B25A8 #72A825

analogous

#2530A8 #5B25A8 #9C25A8

triadic

#5B25A8 #A85B25 #25A85B

tetradic

#5B25A8 #A82530 #72A825 #25A89C

square

#5B25A8 #A82530 #72A825 #25A89C

split-complementary

#5B25A8 #A89C25 #30A825

monochromatic

#250F44 #401A76 #5B25A8 #7737D3 #9969DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#5B25A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#5B25A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B25A8

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B25A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B25A8	1.00	9.23	2.27	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454966

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b25a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 37, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.192 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9166c3',
    500: '#5b25a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b25a8;
$custom-light: #9166c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b25a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.733,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42279,
    "c": 0.19216,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B25A8

secondary

#9DC465

accent

#E741A2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B25A8

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

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