#5B319D#5B319D

#5B319D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.166 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B319D
RGB	rgb(91, 49, 157)
HSL	hsl(263, 52%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(263, 69%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 68.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.47, 42.65, -51.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.47, 67.22, 309.38°)
OKLab	oklab(42.8% 0.0742 -0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(42.8% 0.166 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4969, 6.8549, 32.6091)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B319D #739D31

analogous

#313D9D #5B319D #91319D

triadic

#5B319D #9D5B31 #319D5B

tetradic

#5B319D #9D313D #739D31 #319D91

square

#5B319D #9D313D #739D31 #319D91

split-complementary

#5B319D #9D9131 #3D9D31

monochromatic

#251440 #40226E #5B319D #7746C5 #9A75D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#5B319D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#5B319D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B319D

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B319D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B319D	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b319d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 49, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.166 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6cbb',
    500: '#5b319d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b319d;
$custom-light: #8f6cbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b319d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 52.427,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42795,
    "c": 0.16589,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B319D

secondary

#9EBC6E

accent

#DC4CA4

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B319D

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

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