#5B24A6#5B24A6

#5B24A6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.191 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B24A6
RGB	rgb(91, 36, 166)
HSL	hsl(265, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(265, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 78.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.01, 51.31, -59.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.01, 78.80, 310.63°)
OKLab	oklab(41.99% 0.0844 -0.1713)
OKLCH	oklch(41.99% 0.191 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8264, 6.2388, 36.6501)
Luminance	0.0624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B24A6 #6FA624

analogous

#242EA6 #5B24A6 #9C24A6

triadic

#5B24A6 #A65B24 #24A65B

tetradic

#5B24A6 #A6242E #6FA624 #24A69C

square

#5B24A6 #A6242E #6FA624 #24A69C

split-complementary

#5B24A6 #A69C24 #2EA624

monochromatic

#240E41 #3F1974 #5B24A6 #7734D3 #9966DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#5B24A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#5B24A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B24A6

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B24A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B24A6	1.00	9.34	2.25	9.34
#FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#464864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b24a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 36, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.191 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9165c1',
    500: '#5b24a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b24a6;
$custom-light: #9165c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b24a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.385,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41993,
    "c": 0.191,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B24A6

secondary

#9AC462

accent

#E740A1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B24A6

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

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