#5B359B#5B359B

#5B359B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.158 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B359B
RGB	rgb(91, 53, 155)
HSL	hsl(262, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(262, 66%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 65.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.12, 39.92, -49.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.12, 63.75, 308.77°)
OKLab	oklab(43.21% 0.07 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(43.21% 0.158 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.5023, 7.1367, 31.7755)
Luminance	0.0714 (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

#5B359B #759B35

analogous

#35429B #5B359B #8E359B

triadic

#5B359B #9B5B35 #359B5B

tetradic

#5B359B #9B3542 #759B35 #359B8E

square

#5B359B #9B3542 #759B35 #359B8E

split-complementary

#5B359B #9B8E35 #429B35

monochromatic

#251640 #40256D #5B359B #784CC2 #9A79D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#5B359B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#5B359B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B359B

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B359B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B359B	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004C9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b359b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 53, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.158 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6fb9',
    500: '#5b359b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b359b;
$custom-light: #8f6fb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b359b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.353,
    "s": 49.038,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43209,
    "c": 0.1581,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B359B

secondary

#9FBA72

accent

#D94FA5

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B359B

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

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