#5B236F#5B236F

#5B236F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.133 H 316.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B236F
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 111)
HSL	hsl(284, 52%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(284, 68%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 68.5%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.49, 38.32, -32.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.49, 50.52, 319.33°)
OKLab	oklab(37.43% 0.0955 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(37.43% 0.133 316)
XYZ	xyz(7.7842, 4.5742, 15.5087)
Luminance	0.0457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 5.56

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B236F #376F23

analogous

#35236F #5B236F #6F235D

triadic

#5B236F #6F5B23 #236F5B

tetradic

#5B236F #6F3523 #376F23 #235D6F

square

#5B236F #6F3523 #376F23 #235D6F

split-complementary

#5B236F #5D6F23 #236F35

monochromatic

#130717 #351440 #5B236F #81329E #A447C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.97

#5B236F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#5B236F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B236F

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B236F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B236F	1.00	10.97	1.91	10.97
#FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#033971

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#233E6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A3146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b236f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.133 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6299',
    500: '#5b236f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b236f;
$custom-light: #8c6299;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b236f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.211,
    "s": 52.055,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37425,
    "c": 0.13291,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.04574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B236F

secondary

#62A24C

accent

#DB4C72

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B236F

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

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