#5B23AE#5B23AE

#5B23AE is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.200 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B23AE
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 174)
HSL	hsl(264, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(264, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.7%, 79.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.60, 53.78, -63.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.60, 83.32, 310.20°)
OKLab	oklab(42.63% 0.0828 -0.1826)
OKLCH	oklch(42.63% 0.2 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.5533, 6.4818, 40.6259)
Luminance	0.0648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.52

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B23AE #76AE23

analogous

#2330AE #5B23AE #A023AE

triadic

#5B23AE #AE5B23 #23AE5B

tetradic

#5B23AE #AE2330 #76AE23 #23AEA0

square

#5B23AE #AE2330 #76AE23 #23AEA0

split-complementary

#5B23AE #AEA023 #30AE23

monochromatic

#260F48 #40197B #5B23AE #7837D7 #9A6AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#5B23AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#5B23AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B23AE

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B23AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B23AE	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424B69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b23ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.200 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9265c7',
    500: '#5b23ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b23ae;
$custom-light: #9265c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b23ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.173,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42628,
    "c": 0.20048,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B23AE

secondary

#A0C766

accent

#E93EA5

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B23AE

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

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