#5B31B8#5B31B8

#5B31B8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.197 H 290.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B31B8
RGB	rgb(91, 49, 184)
HSL	hsl(259, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(259, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 73.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.73, 50.08, -64.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.73, 81.62, 307.85°)
OKLab	oklab(45.1% 0.0689 -0.1851)
OKLCH	oklch(45.1% 0.197 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.0619, 7.8809, 46.1183)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 3.52

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B31B8 #8EB831

analogous

#314AB8 #5B31B8 #9E31B8

triadic

#5B31B8 #B85B31 #31B85B

tetradic

#5B31B8 #B8314A #8EB831 #31B89E

square

#5B31B8 #B8314A #8EB831 #31B89E

split-complementary

#5B31B8 #B89E31 #4AB831

monochromatic

#2B1757 #432488 #5B31B8 #7B55D2 #A185DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#5B31B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#5B31B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B31B8

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B31B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B31B8	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B5572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b31b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 49, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.197 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#926dce',
    500: '#5b31b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b31b8;
$custom-light: #926dce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b31b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.667,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45103,
    "c": 0.19749,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B31B8

secondary

#B1C87D

accent

#E147B1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF9

border

#CCC7D2

text

#0E0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B31B8

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

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