#5B239C#5B239C

#5B239C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.181 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B239C
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 156)
HSL	hsl(268, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 77.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.97, 49.19, -55.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.97, 74.11, 311.59°)
OKLab	oklab(41% 0.088 -0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(41% 0.181 299)
XYZ	xyz(10.9146, 5.8264, 31.9956)
Luminance	0.0583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B239C #649C23

analogous

#23279C #5B239C #98239C

triadic

#5B239C #9C5B23 #239C5B

tetradic

#5B239C #9C2327 #649C23 #239C98

square

#5B239C #9C2327 #649C23 #239C98

split-complementary

#5B239C #9C9823 #279C23

monochromatic

#210D38 #3E186A #5B239C #782ECE #985EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#5B239C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#5B239C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B239C

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B239C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B239C	1.00	9.70	2.17	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b239c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.181 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9064ba',
    500: '#5b239c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b239c;
$custom-light: #9064ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b239c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.769,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40995,
    "c": 0.18132,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.05827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B239C

secondary

#91C05B

accent

#E6419A

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B239C

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

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