#5B23B1#5B23B1

#5B23B1 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.204 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B23B1
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 177)
HSL	hsl(264, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(264, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 80.2%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.88, 54.55, -64.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.88, 84.84, 310.02°)
OKLab	oklab(42.91% 0.0818 -0.1865)
OKLCH	oklch(42.91% 0.204 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.8490, 6.6001, 42.1834)
Luminance	0.0660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.25

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B23B1 #79B123

analogous

#2332B1 #5B23B1 #A223B1

triadic

#5B23B1 #B15B23 #23B15B

tetradic

#5B23B1 #B12332 #79B123 #23B1A2

square

#5B23B1 #B12332 #79B123 #23B1A2

split-complementary

#5B23B1 #B1A223 #32B123

monochromatic

#260F4B #41197E #5B23B1 #7839D8 #9B6CE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#5B23B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#5B23B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B23B1

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B23B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B23B1	1.00	9.05	2.32	9.05
#FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404C6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b23b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.204 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9266c9',
    500: '#5b23b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b23b1;
$custom-light: #9266c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b23b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.662,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42909,
    "c": 0.20365,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B23B1

secondary

#A2C868

accent

#EA3EA6

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B23B1

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

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