#5B239B#5B239B

#5B239B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.180 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B239B
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 155)
HSL	hsl(268, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 77.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.88, 48.94, -54.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.88, 73.59, 311.68°)
OKLab	oklab(40.91% 0.0883 -0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(40.91% 0.18 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.8303, 5.7926, 31.5515)
Luminance	0.0579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B239B #639B23

analogous

#23279B #5B239B #97239B

triadic

#5B239B #9B5B23 #239B5B

tetradic

#5B239B #9B2327 #639B23 #239B97

square

#5B239B #9B2327 #639B23 #239B97

split-complementary

#5B239B #9B9723 #279B23

monochromatic

#200C37 #3E1869 #5B239B #782ECD #985EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#5B239B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#5B239B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B239B

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B239B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B239B	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b239b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.180 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9064b9',
    500: '#5b239b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b239b;
$custom-light: #9064b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b239b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40907,
    "c": 0.18025,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B239B

secondary

#90BF5A

accent

#E64299

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B239B

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

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