#5B23A6#5B23A6

#5B23A6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.192 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B23A6
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 166)
HSL	hsl(266, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(266, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 78.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.86, 51.73, -60.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.86, 79.26, 310.75°)
OKLab	oklab(41.89% 0.0852 -0.172)
OKLCH	oklch(41.89% 0.192 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.7965, 6.1791, 36.6402)
Luminance	0.0618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B23A6 #6EA623

analogous

#232DA6 #5B23A6 #9D23A6

triadic

#5B23A6 #A65B23 #23A65B

tetradic

#5B23A6 #A6232D #6EA623 #23A69D

square

#5B23A6 #A6232D #6EA623 #23A69D

split-complementary

#5B23A6 #A69D23 #2DA623

monochromatic

#240E41 #3F1873 #5B23A6 #7732D4 #9965DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#5B23A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#5B23A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B23A6

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B23A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B23A6	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#464764

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b23a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.192 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9165c1',
    500: '#5b23a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b23a6;
$custom-light: #9165c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b23a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.649,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4189,
    "c": 0.19199,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B23A6

secondary

#9AC461

accent

#E840A0

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B23A6

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

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