#5B238B#5B238B

#5B238B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.163 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B238B
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(272, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(272, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.55, 44.95, -47.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.55, 65.24, 313.55°)
OKLab	oklab(39.55% 0.0921 -0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(39.55% 0.163 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.5746, 5.2903, 24.9378)
Luminance	0.0529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B238B #538B23

analogous

#27238B #5B238B #8B2387

triadic

#5B238B #8B5B23 #238B5B

tetradic

#5B238B #8B2723 #538B23 #23878B

square

#5B238B #8B2723 #538B23 #23878B

split-complementary

#5B238B #878B23 #238B27

monochromatic

#1B0A29 #3B175A #5B238B #7B2FBC #9954D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.20

#5B238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#5B238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B238B

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B238B	1.00	10.20	2.06	10.20
#FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#523C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.163 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e64ae',
    500: '#5b238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b238b;
$custom-light: #8e64ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3955,
    "c": 0.16305,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B238B

secondary

#81B852

accent

#E3458E

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B238B

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

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