#5B25B2#5B25B2

#5B25B2 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.203 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B25B2
RGB	rgb(91, 37, 178)
HSL	hsl(263, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(263, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 79.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.26, 53.98, -64.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.26, 84.46, 309.73°)
OKLab	oklab(43.2% 0.08 -0.1864)
OKLCH	oklch(43.2% 0.203 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.0096, 6.7612, 42.7304)
Luminance	0.0676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 5.89

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B25B2 #7CB225

analogous

#2535B2 #5B25B2 #A225B2

triadic

#5B25B2 #B25B25 #25B25B

tetradic

#5B25B2 #B22535 #7CB225 #25B2A2

square

#5B25B2 #B22535 #7CB225 #25B2A2

split-complementary

#5B25B2 #B2A225 #35B225

monochromatic

#27104D #411A7F #5B25B2 #783DD7 #9B70E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#5B25B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#5B25B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B25B2

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B25B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B25B2	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4D6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b25b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 37, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.203 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9267ca',
    500: '#5b25b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b25b2;
$custom-light: #9267ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b25b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.979,
    "s": 65.581,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.432,
    "c": 0.20289,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B25B2

secondary

#A4C86B

accent

#E93FA8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF9

border

#CCC6D2

text

#0E0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B25B2

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

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