#5B23A0#5B23A0

#5B23A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.186 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B23A0
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 160)
HSL	hsl(267, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(267, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 78.1%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.32, 50.21, -57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.32, 76.18, 311.23°)
OKLab	oklab(41.35% 0.087 -0.164)
OKLCH	oklch(41.35% 0.186 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.2589, 5.9641, 33.8089)
Luminance	0.0596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B23A0 #68A023

analogous

#2329A0 #5B23A0 #9923A0

triadic

#5B23A0 #A05B23 #23A05B

tetradic

#5B23A0 #A02329 #68A023 #23A099

square

#5B23A0 #A02329 #68A023 #23A099

split-complementary

#5B23A0 #A09923 #29A023

monochromatic

#220D3C #3E186E #5B23A0 #782FD1 #9861DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.58

#5B23A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#5B23A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B23A0

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B23A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B23A0	1.00	9.58	2.19	9.58
#FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494561

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b23a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.186 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9065bd',
    500: '#5b23a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b23a0;
$custom-light: #9065bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b23a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.88,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41349,
    "c": 0.1856,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B23A0

secondary

#95C15D

accent

#E7419D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B23A0

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

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