#5B237E#5B237E

#5B237E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.149 H 309.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B237E
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(277, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(277, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.54, 41.80, -40.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.54, 58.39, 315.71°)
OKLab	oklab(38.52% 0.0942 -0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(38.52% 0.149 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.6806, 4.9327, 20.2294)
Luminance	0.0493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 5.57

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B237E #467E23

analogous

#2E237E #5B237E #7E2374

triadic

#5B237E #7E5B23 #237E5B

tetradic

#5B237E #7E2E23 #467E23 #23747E

square

#5B237E #7E2E23 #467E23 #23747E

split-complementary

#5B237E #747E23 #237E2E

monochromatic

#16081E #38164E #5B237E #7E30AE #9C4ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.57

#5B237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#5B237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B237E

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B237E	1.00	10.57	1.99	10.57
#FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#10407C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.149 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d63a4',
    500: '#5b237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b237e;
$custom-light: #8d63a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3852,
    "c": 0.14902,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B237E

secondary

#73B04C

accent

#E04882

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B237E

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

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