#5B33A5#5B33A5

#5B33A5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.173 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B33A5
RGB	rgb(91, 51, 165)
HSL	hsl(261, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(261, 69%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 69.1%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.50, 43.78, -55.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.50, 70.40, 308.45°)
OKLab	oklab(43.73% 0.0708 -0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(43.73% 0.173 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.2879, 7.3081, 36.3532)
Luminance	0.0731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B33A5 #7DA533

analogous

#3344A5 #5B33A5 #9433A5

triadic

#5B33A5 #A55B33 #33A55B

tetradic

#5B33A5 #A53344 #7DA533 #33A594

square

#5B33A5 #A53344 #7DA533 #33A594

split-complementary

#5B33A5 #A59433 #44A533

monochromatic

#271648 #412576 #5B33A5 #784DC8 #9C7CD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53

#5B33A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#5B33A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B33A5

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B33A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B33A5	1.00	8.53	2.46	8.53
#FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#464F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b33a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 51, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.173 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906ec1',
    500: '#5b33a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b33a5;
$custom-light: #906ec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b33a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.053,
    "s": 52.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43728,
    "c": 0.17288,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B33A5

secondary

#A5BF75

accent

#DC4CA9

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2ECF7

border

#CCC7D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B33A5

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

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