#5B23A5#5B23A5

#5B23A5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.191 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B23A5
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 165)
HSL	hsl(266, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(266, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 78.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.77, 51.48, -59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.77, 78.74, 310.82°)
OKLab	oklab(41.8% 0.0855 -0.1707)
OKLCH	oklch(41.8% 0.191 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.7051, 6.1426, 36.1589)
Luminance	0.0614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B23A5 #6DA523

analogous

#232CA5 #5B23A5 #9C23A5

triadic

#5B23A5 #A55B23 #23A55B

tetradic

#5B23A5 #A5232C #6DA523 #23A59C

square

#5B23A5 #A5232C #6DA523 #23A59C

split-complementary

#5B23A5 #A59C23 #2CA523

monochromatic

#230E40 #3F1873 #5B23A5 #7732D3 #9964DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#5B23A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#5B23A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B23A5

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B23A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B23A5	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474764

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b23a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.191 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9165c1',
    500: '#5b23a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b23a5;
$custom-light: #9165c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b23a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.846,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41799,
    "c": 0.19093,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B23A5

secondary

#99C460

accent

#E840A0

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B23A5

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

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