#5B338E#5B338E

#5B338E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.145 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B338E
RGB	rgb(91, 51, 142)
HSL	hsl(266, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(266, 64%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 64.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.75, 37.50, -43.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.75, 57.78, 310.46°)
OKLab	oklab(41.92% 0.0735 -0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(41.92% 0.145 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.3795, 6.5447, 26.3024)
Luminance	0.0654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B338E #668E33

analogous

#33388E #5B338E #88338E

triadic

#5B338E #8E5B33 #338E5B

tetradic

#5B338E #8E3338 #668E33 #338E88

square

#5B338E #8E3338 #668E33 #338E88

split-complementary

#5B338E #8E8833 #388E33

monochromatic

#211334 #3E2361 #5B338E #7843BB #9870CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#5B338E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#5B338E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B338E

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B338E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B338E	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#10488C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50475B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b338e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 51, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.145 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6db0',
    500: '#5b338e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b338e;
$custom-light: #8d6db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b338e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.374,
    "s": 47.15,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41915,
    "c": 0.1449,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B338E

secondary

#93B469

accent

#D7519C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF5

border

#CBC7CF

text

#0D0710

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B338E

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

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