#5B31B6#5B31B6

#5B31B6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.195 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B31B6
RGB	rgb(91, 49, 182)
HSL	hsl(259, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(259, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 73.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.56, 49.52, -63.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.56, 80.57, 307.93°)
OKLab	oklab(44.93% 0.0694 -0.1824)
OKLCH	oklch(44.93% 0.195 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.8538, 7.7976, 45.0220)
Luminance	0.0780 (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

#5B31B6 #8CB631

analogous

#314AB6 #5B31B6 #9D31B6

triadic

#5B31B6 #B65B31 #31B65B

tetradic

#5B31B6 #B6314A #8CB631 #31B69D

square

#5B31B6 #B6314A #8CB631 #31B69D

split-complementary

#5B31B6 #B69D31 #4AB631

monochromatic

#2B1756 #432486 #5B31B6 #7B53D1 #A084DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#5B31B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#5B31B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B31B6

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B31B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B31B6	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C5471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b31b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 49, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.195 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#926dcd',
    500: '#5b31b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b31b6;
$custom-light: #926dcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b31b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.947,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44925,
    "c": 0.19519,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B31B6

secondary

#AFC77C

accent

#E147B0

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF9

border

#CCC7D2

text

#0E0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B31B6

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

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