#5B319E#5B319E

#5B319E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.167 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B319E
RGB	rgb(91, 49, 158)
HSL	hsl(263, 53%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(263, 69%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 69%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.55, 42.92, -52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.55, 67.76, 309.30°)
OKLab	oklab(42.88% 0.074 -0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(42.88% 0.167 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.5826, 6.8892, 33.0606)
Luminance	0.0689 (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

#5B319E #749E31

analogous

#313E9E #5B319E #91319E

triadic

#5B319E #9E5B31 #319E5B

tetradic

#5B319E #9E313E #749E31 #319E91

square

#5B319E #9E313E #749E31 #319E91

split-complementary

#5B319E #9E9131 #3E9E31

monochromatic

#251441 #40236F #5B319E #7746C6 #9A75D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#5B319E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#5B319E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B319E

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B319E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B319E	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b319e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 49, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.167 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6cbb',
    500: '#5b319e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b319e;
$custom-light: #8f6cbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b319e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.119,
    "s": 52.657,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42877,
    "c": 0.16708,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B319E

secondary

#9EBC6E

accent

#DC4CA4

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B319E

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

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