#5B236E#5B236E
#5B236E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.132 H 316.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #5B236E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(91, 35, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(285, 52%, 28%) |
| HSV | hsv(285, 68%, 43%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(17.3%, 68.2%, 0%, 56.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(25.42, 38.09, -32.38) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(25.42, 50.00, 319.63°) |
| OKLab | oklab(37.36% 0.0956 -0.0908) |
| OKLCH | oklch(37.36% 0.132 316.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(7.7295, 4.5523, 15.2204) |
| Luminance | 0.0455 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | purple |
Closest named colors
Darkish Purple
#751973
ΔE00 5.51
Royal Purple (survey)
#4B006E
ΔE00 6.54
Plum Purple
#4E0550
ΔE00 6.91
Grape Purple
#5D1451
ΔE00 7.22
Purple
#800080
ΔE00 7.53
Indigo
#4B0082
ΔE00 8.13
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#5B236E #366E23
analogous
#35236E #5B236E #6E235B
triadic
#5B236E #6E5B23 #236E5B
tetradic
#5B236E #6E3523 #366E23 #235B6E
square
#5B236E #6E3523 #366E23 #235B6E
split-complementary
#5B236E #5B6E23 #236E35
monochromatic
#130717 #351440 #5B236E #81329C #A547C4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
10.99
#5B236E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
On black
1.91
#5B236E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
Best text color
#FFFFFF on #5B236E
10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##5B236E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##FFFFFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##5B236E | 1.00 | 10.99 | 1.91 | 10.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 10.99 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
| #000000 | 1.91 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 |
| ##FFFFFF | 10.99 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#063970
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#243E6C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#5A3145
Achromatopsia (no color)
#3C3C3C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #5b236e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.132 316.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#8c6298',
500: '#5b236e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #5b236e; $custom-light: #8c6298; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#5b236e",
"rgb": {
"r": 91,
"g": 35,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 284.8,
"s": 51.724,
"l": 28.431
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.37356,
"c": 0.13185,
"h": 316.5
},
"luminance": 0.04552
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#5B236E
secondary
#61A14C
accent
#DB4D71
background
#F8F6F9
surface
#F0EBF2
border
#CBC6CC
text
#0C050E
muted
#7D7A7E