#5B239A#5B239A

#5B239A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.179 H 299.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B239A
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 154)
HSL	hsl(268, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 77.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.80, 48.69, -54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.80, 73.08, 311.78°)
OKLab	oklab(40.82% 0.0886 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(40.82% 0.179 299.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.7467, 5.7592, 31.1110)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B239A #629A23

analogous

#23279A #5B239A #97239A

triadic

#5B239A #9A5B23 #239A5B

tetradic

#5B239A #9A2327 #629A23 #239A97

square

#5B239A #9A2327 #629A23 #239A97

split-complementary

#5B239A #9A9723 #279A23

monochromatic

#200C36 #3E1868 #5B239A #782ECC #985DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#5B239A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#5B239A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B239A

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B239A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B239A	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b239a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.179 299.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9064b9',
    500: '#5b239a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b239a;
$custom-light: #9064b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b239a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4082,
    "c": 0.17918,
    "h": 299.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B239A

secondary

#8FBF5A

accent

#E64299

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B239A

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

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