#5B237D#5B237D

#5B237D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.148 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B237D
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(277, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(277, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 72%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.47, 41.56, -40.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.47, 57.86, 315.91°)
OKLab	oklab(38.44% 0.0944 -0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(38.44% 0.148 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.6164, 4.9070, 19.8913)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 5.70

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B237D #457D23

analogous

#2E237D #5B237D #7D2372

triadic

#5B237D #7D5B23 #237D5B

tetradic

#5B237D #7D2E23 #457D23 #23727D

square

#5B237D #7D2E23 #457D23 #23727D

split-complementary

#5B237D #727D23 #237D2E

monochromatic

#15081D #38164D #5B237D #7E30AD #9D4DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.60

#5B237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#5B237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B237D

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B237D	1.00	10.60	1.98	10.60
#FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#123F7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.148 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d63a3',
    500: '#5b237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b237d;
$custom-light: #8d63a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.333,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38444,
    "c": 0.14794,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B237D

secondary

#72AF4C

accent

#E04881

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B237D

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

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