#5B358E#5B358E

#5B358E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.142 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B358E
RGB	rgb(91, 53, 142)
HSL	hsl(266, 46%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(266, 63%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 62.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.17, 36.36, -43.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.17, 56.53, 310.04°)
OKLab	oklab(42.22% 0.071 -0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(42.22% 0.142 300)
XYZ	xyz(10.4688, 6.7233, 26.3321)
Luminance	0.0672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 9.20

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B358E #688E35

analogous

#353B8E #5B358E #87358E

triadic

#5B358E #8E5B35 #358E5B

tetradic

#5B358E #8E353B #688E35 #358E87

square

#5B358E #8E353B #688E35 #358E87

split-complementary

#5B358E #8E8735 #3B8E35

monochromatic

#221435 #3E2461 #5B358E #7846BA #9873CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#5B358E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#5B358E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B358E

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B358E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B358E	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15498C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50485C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b358e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 53, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.142 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6eb0',
    500: '#5b358e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b358e;
$custom-light: #8d6eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b358e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.618,
    "s": 45.641,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42221,
    "c": 0.14192,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.06723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B358E

secondary

#95B36C

accent

#D5529D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF5

border

#CBC7CF

text

#0D0710

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B358E

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

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