#5B237B#5B237B

#5B237B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.146 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B237B
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 123)
HSL	hsl(278, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(278, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 71.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.32, 41.08, -39.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.32, 56.81, 316.32°)
OKLab	oklab(38.29% 0.0946 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(38.29% 0.146 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.4899, 4.8565, 19.2252)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B237B #437B23

analogous

#2F237B #5B237B #7B236F

triadic

#5B237B #7B5B23 #237B5B

tetradic

#5B237B #7B2F23 #437B23 #236F7B

square

#5B237B #7B2F23 #437B23 #236F7B

split-complementary

#5B237B #6F7B23 #237B2F

monochromatic

#15081C #38154B #5B237B #7E31AB #9E4CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#5B237B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#5B237B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B237B

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B237B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B237B	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#153F79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#57364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b237b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.146 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d63a2',
    500: '#5b237b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b237b;
$custom-light: #8d63a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b237b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 55.696,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38293,
    "c": 0.14578,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B237B

secondary

#70AE4C

accent

#DF497F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B237B

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

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