#5B3564#5B3564

#5B3564 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.089 H 319.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3564
RGB	rgb(91, 53, 100)
HSL	hsl(289, 31%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(289, 47%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 47%, 0%, 60.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.62, 25.77, -20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.62, 33.17, 320.98°)
OKLab	oklab(39.52% 0.068 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(39.52% 0.089 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.8874, 5.6907, 12.7371)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B3564 #3E6435

analogous

#443564 #5B3564 #643555

triadic

#5B3564 #645B35 #35645B

tetradic

#5B3564 #644435 #3E6435 #355564

square

#5B3564 #644435 #3E6435 #355564

split-complementary

#5B3564 #556435 #356444

monochromatic

#120B14 #37203C #5B3564 #7F4A8C #A066AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#5B3564 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#5B3564 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3564

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3564	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3564	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E4166

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#384563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C3B47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3564;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 53, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.089 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a6d90',
    500: '#5b3564',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3564;
$custom-light: #8a6d90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3564",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.511,
    "s": 30.719,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39518,
    "c": 0.08911,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3564

secondary

#6A9560

accent

#C76174

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#F0EBF0

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0C070C

muted

#7D7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3564

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

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