#5B239D#5B239D

#5B239D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.182 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B239D
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 157)
HSL	hsl(268, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(268, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 77.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.06, 49.45, -55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.06, 74.63, 311.50°)
OKLab	oklab(41.08% 0.0878 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(41.08% 0.182 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.9997, 5.8604, 32.4434)
Luminance	0.0586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B239D #659D23

analogous

#23289D #5B239D #98239D

triadic

#5B239D #9D5B23 #239D5B

tetradic

#5B239D #9D2328 #659D23 #239D98

square

#5B239D #9D2328 #659D23 #239D98

split-complementary

#5B239D #9D9823 #289D23

monochromatic

#210D39 #3E186B #5B239D #782ECF #985FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#5B239D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#5B239D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B239D

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B239D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B239D	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b239d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.182 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9064bb',
    500: '#5b239d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b239d;
$custom-light: #9064bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b239d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.541,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41083,
    "c": 0.18239,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B239D

secondary

#92C05C

accent

#E7419B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B239D

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

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