#5B239F#5B239F

#5B239F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.185 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B239F
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 159)
HSL	hsl(267, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(267, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.8%, 78%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.23, 49.95, -56.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.23, 75.66, 311.32°)
OKLab	oklab(41.26% 0.0872 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(41.26% 0.185 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.1718, 5.9292, 33.3500)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B239F #679F23

analogous

#23299F #5B239F #99239F

triadic

#5B239F #9F5B23 #239F5B

tetradic

#5B239F #9F2329 #679F23 #239F99

square

#5B239F #9F2329 #679F23 #239F99

split-complementary

#5B239F #9F9923 #299F23

monochromatic

#220D3B #3E186D #5B239F #782ED1 #9860DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#5B239F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#5B239F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B239F

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B239F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B239F	1.00	9.61	2.19	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b239f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.185 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9065bc',
    500: '#5b239f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b239f;
$custom-light: #9065bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b239f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.097,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4126,
    "c": 0.18452,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B239F

secondary

#94C15D

accent

#E7419C

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B239F

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

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