#5B23B2#5B23B2

#5B23B2 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.205 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B23B2
RGB	rgb(91, 35, 178)
HSL	hsl(263, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(263, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 80.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.97, 54.81, -65.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.97, 85.34, 309.96°)
OKLab	oklab(43% 0.0815 -0.1878)
OKLCH	oklch(43% 0.205 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.9491, 6.6401, 42.7102)
Luminance	0.0664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.16

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B23B2 #7AB223

analogous

#2332B2 #5B23B2 #A323B2

triadic

#5B23B2 #B25B23 #23B25B

tetradic

#5B23B2 #B22332 #7AB223 #23B2A3

square

#5B23B2 #B22332 #7AB223 #23B2A3

split-complementary

#5B23B2 #B2A323 #32B223

monochromatic

#270F4C #41197F #5B23B2 #783AD8 #9B6DE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#5B23B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#5B23B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B23B2

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B23B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B23B2	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F4C6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b23b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 35, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.205 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9366ca',
    500: '#5b23b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b23b2;
$custom-light: #9366ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b23b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.497,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43003,
    "c": 0.2047,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B23B2

secondary

#A3C968

accent

#EA3EA7

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF9

border

#CCC6D2

text

#0E0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B23B2

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

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