#5B358D#5B358D

#5B358D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.141 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B358D
RGB	rgb(91, 53, 141)
HSL	hsl(266, 45%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(266, 62%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 62.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.10, 36.09, -42.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.10, 55.97, 310.15°)
OKLab	oklab(42.15% 0.0711 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(42.15% 0.141 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.3940, 6.6934, 25.9385)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B358D #678D35

analogous

#353B8D #5B358D #87358D

triadic

#5B358D #8D5B35 #358D5B

tetradic

#5B358D #8D353B #678D35 #358D87

square

#5B358D #8D353B #678D35 #358D87

split-complementary

#5B358D #8D8735 #3B8D35

monochromatic

#221434 #3E2461 #5B358D #7846B9 #9872CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#5B358D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#5B358D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B358D

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B358D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B358D	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17498B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50485C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b358d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 53, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.141 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6eaf',
    500: '#5b358d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b358d;
$custom-light: #8d6eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b358d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.909,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42148,
    "c": 0.14067,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B358D

secondary

#94B26B

accent

#D5539D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0C0710

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B358D

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

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