#5B3399#5B3399

#5B3399 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.158 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3399
RGB	rgb(91, 51, 153)
HSL	hsl(264, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(264, 67%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 66.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.56, 40.47, -49.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.56, 63.85, 309.34°)
OKLab	oklab(42.76% 0.0725 -0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(42.76% 0.158 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.2465, 6.8915, 30.8685)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.41

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B3399 #719933

analogous

#333E99 #5B3399 #8E3399

triadic

#5B3399 #995B33 #33995B

tetradic

#5B3399 #99333E #719933 #33998E

square

#5B3399 #99333E #719933 #33998E

split-complementary

#5B3399 #998E33 #3E9933

monochromatic

#24143D #40246B #5B3399 #7747C2 #9975D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#5B3399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#5B3399 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3399

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3399	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004B9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 51, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.158 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6db8',
    500: '#5b3399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3399;
$custom-light: #8e6db8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.529,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42759,
    "c": 0.15839,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3399

secondary

#9CB96E

accent

#DA4EA3

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3399

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

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