#5B356A#5B356A

#5B356A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.096 H 315.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B356A
RGB	rgb(91, 53, 106)
HSL	hsl(283, 33%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(283, 50%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 50%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.93, 27.16, -24.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.93, 36.41, 318.24°)
OKLab	oklab(39.85% 0.0691 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(39.85% 0.096 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1886, 5.8112, 14.3232)
Luminance	0.0581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B356A #446A35

analogous

#40356A #5B356A #6A355E

triadic

#5B356A #6A5B35 #356A5B

tetradic

#5B356A #6A4035 #446A35 #355E6A

square

#5B356A #6A4035 #446A35 #355E6A

split-complementary

#5B356A #5E6A35 #356A40

monochromatic

#150C18 #382141 #5B356A #7E4993 #9D67B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.71

#5B356A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#5B356A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B356A

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B356A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B356A	1.00	9.71	2.16	9.71
#FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B426C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#354569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A3D4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b356a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 53, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.096 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6d95',
    500: '#5b356a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b356a;
$custom-light: #8b6d95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b356a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.019,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39854,
    "c": 0.09645,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B356A

secondary

#719B60

accent

#C95E7D

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0ECF1

border

#CBC7CB

text

#0C070D

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B356A

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

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