#5B23A9#5B23A9

#5B23A9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.195 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B23A9
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 169)
HSL	hsl(265, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(265, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 79.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.13, 52.50, -61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.13, 80.79, 310.53°)
OKLab	oklab(42.17% 0.0843 -0.176)
OKLCH	oklch(42.17% 0.195 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.0749, 6.2905, 38.1064)
Luminance	0.0629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.02

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B23A9 #71A923

analogous

#232EA9 #5B23A9 #9E23A9

triadic

#5B23A9 #A95B23 #23A95B

tetradic

#5B23A9 #A9232E #71A923 #23A99E

square

#5B23A9 #A9232E #71A923 #23A99E

split-complementary

#5B23A9 #A99E23 #2EA923

monochromatic

#240E44 #401976 #5B23A9 #7734D5 #9967DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.30

#5B23A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#5B23A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B23A9

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B23A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B23A9	1.00	9.30	2.26	9.30
#FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#454966

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b23a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.195 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9165c4',
    500: '#5b23a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b23a9;
$custom-light: #9165c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b23a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.075,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42165,
    "c": 0.19518,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B23A9

secondary

#9CC563

accent

#E93FA2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B23A9

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

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