#5B238C#5B238C

#5B238C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.164 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B238C
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(272, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(272, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.63, 45.19, -47.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.63, 65.77, 313.41°)
OKLab	oklab(39.63% 0.0919 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(39.63% 0.164 304)
XYZ	xyz(9.6480, 5.3197, 25.3244)
Luminance	0.0532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B238C #548C23

analogous

#27238C #5B238C #8C2389

triadic

#5B238C #8C5B23 #238C5B

tetradic

#5B238C #8C2723 #548C23 #23898C

square

#5B238C #8C2723 #548C23 #23898C

split-complementary

#5B238C #898C23 #238C27

monochromatic

#1B0B2A #3B175B #5B238C #7B2FBD #9955D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.17

#5B238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#5B238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B238C

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B238C	1.00	10.17	2.06	10.17
#FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#513D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.164 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e64ae',
    500: '#5b238c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b238c;
$custom-light: #8e64ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39632,
    "c": 0.16413,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.0532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B238C

secondary

#82B852

accent

#E3458F

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B238C

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

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