#5B3095#5B3095

#5B3095 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.158 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3095
RGB	rgb(91, 48, 149)
HSL	hsl(266, 51%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(266, 68%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 67.8%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.66, 41.02, -48.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.66, 63.45, 310.28°)
OKLab	oklab(42.02% 0.0764 -0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(42.02% 0.158 299)
XYZ	xyz(10.7948, 6.5078, 29.1154)
Luminance	0.0651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B3095 #6A9530

analogous

#303795 #5B3095 #8D3095

triadic

#5B3095 #955B30 #30955B

tetradic

#5B3095 #953037 #6A9530 #30958D

square

#5B3095 #953037 #6A9530 #30958D

split-complementary

#5B3095 #958D30 #379530

monochromatic

#221238 #3F2167 #5B3095 #7841C2 #986FD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#5B3095 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#5B3095 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3095

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3095	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3095	1.00	9.12	2.30	9.12
#FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004793

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3095;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 48, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.158 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6bb5',
    500: '#5b3095',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3095;
$custom-light: #8e6bb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3095",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.545,
    "s": 51.269,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42016,
    "c": 0.15767,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.06508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3095

secondary

#96B869

accent

#DB4D9E

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3095

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

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