#5B237A#5B237A

#5B237A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.145 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B237A
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 122)
HSL	hsl(279, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(279, 71%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 71.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.25, 40.85, -38.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.25, 56.28, 316.54°)
OKLab	oklab(38.22% 0.0947 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(38.22% 0.145 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.4276, 4.8315, 18.8972)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B237A #427A23

analogous

#2F237A #5B237A #7A236D

triadic

#5B237A #7A5B23 #237A5B

tetradic

#5B237A #7A2F23 #427A23 #236D7A

square

#5B237A #7A2F23 #427A23 #236D7A

split-complementary

#5B237A #6D7A23 #237A2F

monochromatic

#14081B #38154A #5B237A #7E31AA #9E4CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#5B237A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#5B237A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B237A

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B237A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B237A	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173F78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57354B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b237a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.145 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d63a1',
    500: '#5b237a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b237a;
$custom-light: #8d63a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b237a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.621,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38218,
    "c": 0.1447,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B237A

secondary

#6FAD4C

accent

#DF497E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B237A

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

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