#5B238F#5B238F

#5B238F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.167 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B238F
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 143)
HSL	hsl(271, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 75.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.87, 45.94, -49.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.87, 67.34, 313.01°)
OKLab	oklab(39.88% 0.0912 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(39.88% 0.167 303)
XYZ	xyz(9.8722, 5.4094, 26.5053)
Luminance	0.0541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B238F #578F23

analogous

#25238F #5B238F #8F238D

triadic

#5B238F #8F5B23 #238F5B

tetradic

#5B238F #8F2523 #578F23 #238D8F

square

#5B238F #8F2523 #578F23 #238D8F

split-complementary

#5B238F #8D8F23 #238F25

monochromatic

#1C0B2D #3C175E #5B238F #7A2FC0 #9957D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.09

#5B238F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#5B238F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B238F

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B238F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B238F	1.00	10.09	2.08	10.09
#FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b238f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.167 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e64b1',
    500: '#5b238f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b238f;
$custom-light: #8e64b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b238f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.111,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3988,
    "c": 0.16736,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.05409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B238F

secondary

#85BA54

accent

#E44491

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B238F

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

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