#5B3296#5B3296

#5B3296 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.156 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3296
RGB	rgb(91, 50, 150)
HSL	hsl(265, 50%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(265, 67%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.3%, 66.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.13, 40.21, -48.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.13, 62.81, 309.80°)
OKLab	oklab(42.38% 0.074 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(42.38% 0.156 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.9586, 6.7072, 29.5655)
Luminance	0.0671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.96

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B3296 #6D9632

analogous

#323B96 #5B3296 #8D3296

triadic

#5B3296 #965B32 #32965B

tetradic

#5B3296 #96323B #6D9632 #32968D

square

#5B3296 #96323B #6D9632 #32968D

split-complementary

#5B3296 #968D32 #3B9632

monochromatic

#23133A #3F2368 #5B3296 #7744C1 #9972D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#5B3296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#5B3296 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3296

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3296	1.00	8.97	2.34	8.97
#FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004894

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D495F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 50, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.156 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6db6',
    500: '#5b3296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3296;
$custom-light: #8e6db6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.6,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42379,
    "c": 0.15613,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3296

secondary

#99B86C

accent

#DA4EA0

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3296

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

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