#5B239E#5B239E

#5B239E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.183 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B239E
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 158)
HSL	hsl(267, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(267, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 77.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.15, 49.70, -56.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.15, 75.15, 311.40°)
OKLab	oklab(41.17% 0.0875 -0.1612)
OKLCH	oklch(41.17% 0.183 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.0854, 5.8947, 32.8949)
Luminance	0.0590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B239E #669E23

analogous

#23289E #5B239E #98239E

triadic

#5B239E #9E5B23 #239E5B

tetradic

#5B239E #9E2328 #669E23 #239E98

square

#5B239E #9E2328 #669E23 #239E98

split-complementary

#5B239E #9E9823 #289E23

monochromatic

#210D3A #3E186C #5B239E #782ED0 #9860DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.64

#5B239E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#5B239E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B239E

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B239E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B239E	1.00	9.64	2.18	9.64
#FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b239e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.183 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9064bc',
    500: '#5b239e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b239e;
$custom-light: #9064bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b239e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.317,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41172,
    "c": 0.18346,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B239E

secondary

#93C15C

accent

#E7419B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B239E

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

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