#5B3299#5B3299

#5B3299 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.160 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3299
RGB	rgb(91, 50, 153)
HSL	hsl(264, 51%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(264, 67%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 67.3%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.36, 41.02, -49.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.36, 64.45, 309.53°)
OKLab	oklab(42.61% 0.0736 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(42.61% 0.16 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.2033, 6.8051, 30.8541)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.48

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B3299 #709932

analogous

#323D99 #5B3299 #8E3299

triadic

#5B3299 #995B32 #32995B

tetradic

#5B3299 #99323D #709932 #32998E

square

#5B3299 #99323D #709932 #32998E

split-complementary

#5B3299 #998E32 #3D9932

monochromatic

#24143D #40236B #5B3299 #7746C2 #9974D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#5B3299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#5B3299 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3299

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3299	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 50, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.160 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6db8',
    500: '#5b3299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3299;
$custom-light: #8e6db8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.883,
    "s": 50.739,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42615,
    "c": 0.15975,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3299

secondary

#9BBA6D

accent

#DA4EA2

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3299

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

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