#5B235E#5B235E

#5B235E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.115 H 325.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B235E
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 94)
HSL	hsl(297, 46%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(297, 63%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 62.8%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.43, 34.66, -23.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.43, 41.90, 325.81°)
OKLab	oklab(36.32% 0.0951 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(36.32% 0.115 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.9356, 4.2348, 11.0396)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B235E #265E23

analogous

#3D235E #5B235E #5E2343

triadic

#5B235E #5E5B23 #235E5B

tetradic

#5B235E #5E3D23 #265E23 #23435E

square

#5B235E #5E3D23 #265E23 #23435E

split-complementary

#5B235E #435E23 #235E3D

monochromatic

#160816 #301231 #5B235E #86348B #B144B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.37

#5B235E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#5B235E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B235E

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B235E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B235E	1.00	11.37	1.85	11.37
#FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B3660

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E3C5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D2B3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b235e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.115 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b628c',
    500: '#5b235e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b235e;
$custom-light: #8b628c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b235e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.949,
    "s": 45.736,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36322,
    "c": 0.11525,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B235E

secondary

#4F924B

accent

#D55259

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0EAF0

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0C050C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B235E

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

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