#5B3395#5B3395

#5B3395 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.154 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3395
RGB	rgb(91, 51, 149)
HSL	hsl(264, 49%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(264, 66%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 65.8%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.26, 39.38, -47.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.26, 61.65, 309.70°)
OKLab	oklab(42.45% 0.0729 -0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(42.45% 0.154 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.9217, 6.7616, 29.1576)
Luminance	0.0676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 8.07

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B3395 #6D9533

analogous

#333C95 #5B3395 #8C3395

triadic

#5B3395 #955B33 #33955B

tetradic

#5B3395 #95333C #6D9533 #33958C

square

#5B3395 #95333C #6D9533 #33958C

split-complementary

#5B3395 #958C33 #3C9533

monochromatic

#23143A #3F2367 #5B3395 #7746C0 #9973CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#5B3395 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#5B3395 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3395

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3395	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3395	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004993

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D495F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3395;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 51, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.154 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6db5',
    500: '#5b3395',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3395;
$custom-light: #8e6db5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3395",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.49,
    "s": 49,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42447,
    "c": 0.15351,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3395

secondary

#99B76C

accent

#D94FA1

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3395

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

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