#5B308C#5B308C

#5B308C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.147 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B308C
RGB	rgb(91, 48, 140)
HSL	hsl(268, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 66%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 65.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.99, 38.63, -43.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.99, 58.51, 311.31°)
OKLab	oklab(41.32% 0.0773 -0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(41.32% 0.147 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.1038, 6.2315, 25.4763)
Luminance	0.0623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B308C #618C30

analogous

#30338C #5B308C #89308C

triadic

#5B308C #8C5B30 #308C5B

tetradic

#5B308C #8C3033 #618C30 #308C89

square

#5B308C #8C3033 #618C30 #308C89

split-complementary

#5B308C #8C8930 #338C30

monochromatic

#201131 #3D205E #5B308C #7940BA #986ACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.35

#5B308C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#5B308C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B308C

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B308C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B308C	1.00	9.35	2.25	9.35
#FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00468F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D468A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514459

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b308c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 48, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.147 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6bae',
    500: '#5b308c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b308c;
$custom-light: #8d6bae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b308c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.043,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41321,
    "c": 0.14685,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B308C

secondary

#8EB364

accent

#D84F98

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0710

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B308C

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

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