#5B236D#5B236D

#5B236D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.131 H 317.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B236D
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 109)
HSL	hsl(285, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(285, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 67.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.35, 37.87, -31.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.35, 49.48, 319.94°)
OKLab	oklab(37.29% 0.0956 -0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(37.29% 0.131 317)
XYZ	xyz(7.6753, 4.5306, 14.9352)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 5.47

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B236D #356D23

analogous

#36236D #5B236D #6D235A

triadic

#5B236D #6D5B23 #236D5B

tetradic

#5B236D #6D3623 #356D23 #235A6D

square

#5B236D #6D3623 #356D23 #235A6D

split-complementary

#5B236D #5A6D23 #236D36

monochromatic

#130717 #34143F #5B236D #82329B #A547C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#5B236D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#5B236D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B236D

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B236D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B236D	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#08396F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#243E6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A3044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b236d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.131 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6297',
    500: '#5b236d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b236d;
$custom-light: #8c6297;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b236d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.405,
    "s": 51.389,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37288,
    "c": 0.13079,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.0453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B236D

secondary

#60A04B

accent

#DB4D6F

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050D

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B236D

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

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