#5B317E#5B317E

#5B317E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.128 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B317E
RGB	rgb(91, 49, 126)
HSL	hsl(273, 44%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(273, 61%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 61.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.23, 34.44, -36.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.23, 50.15, 313.37°)
OKLab	oklab(40.46% 0.0767 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(40.46% 0.128 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.1778, 5.9272, 20.3952)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.94

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B317E #547E31

analogous

#35317E #5B317E #7E317B

triadic

#5B317E #7E5B31 #317E5B

tetradic

#5B317E #7E3531 #547E31 #317B7E

square

#5B317E #7E3531 #547E31 #317B7E

split-complementary

#5B317E #7B7E31 #317E35

monochromatic

#1B0F26 #3B2052 #5B317E #7B42AA #9966C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#5B317E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#5B317E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B317E

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B317E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B317E	1.00	9.61	2.19	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#114380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24457C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#554052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b317e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 49, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.128 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c6ba4',
    500: '#5b317e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b317e;
$custom-light: #8c6ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b317e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40459,
    "c": 0.12825,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B317E

secondary

#82AB60

accent

#D4548E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C070F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B317E

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

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