#5B3356#5B3356

#5B3356 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.077 H 331.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3356
RGB	rgb(91, 51, 86)
HSL	hsl(308, 28%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(308, 44%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44%, 5.5%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.47, 23.95, -13.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.47, 27.53, 330.48°)
OKLab	oklab(38.44% 0.068 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(38.44% 0.077 331.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.1779, 5.2641, 9.4403)
Luminance	0.0526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B3356 #335B38

analogous

#4C335B #5B3356 #5B3342

triadic

#5B3356 #565B33 #33565B

tetradic

#5B3356 #5B4C33 #335B38 #33425B

square

#5B3356 #5B4C33 #335B38 #33425B

split-complementary

#5B3356 #425B33 #335B4C

monochromatic

#140B13 #341D31 #5B3356 #82497B #A7629E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.23

#5B3356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#5B3356 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3356

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3356	1.00	10.23	2.05	10.23
#FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#323D57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C4355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E3640

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 51, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.077 331.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6c85',
    500: '#5b3356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3356;
$custom-light: #8a6c85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.5,
    "s": 28.169,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38443,
    "c": 0.07727,
    "h": 331.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3356

secondary

#5E8C64

accent

#C46F63

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#F0EBEF

border

#CBC6CA

text

#0C070B

muted

#7D7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3356

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

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