#5B359C#5B359C

#5B359C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.159 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B359C
RGB	rgb(91, 53, 156)
HSL	hsl(262, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(262, 66%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 66%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.19, 40.20, -50.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.19, 64.30, 308.69°)
OKLab	oklab(43.29% 0.0699 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(43.29% 0.159 296)
XYZ	xyz(11.5867, 7.1704, 32.2196)
Luminance	0.0717 (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

#5B359C #769C35

analogous

#35429C #5B359C #8E359C

triadic

#5B359C #9C5B35 #359C5B

tetradic

#5B359C #9C3542 #769C35 #359C8E

square

#5B359C #9C3542 #769C35 #359C8E

split-complementary

#5B359C #9C8E35 #429C35

monochromatic

#261641 #40256E #5B359C #784CC2 #9A7AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#5B359C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#5B359C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B359C

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B359C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B359C	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004C9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4D64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b359c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 53, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.159 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6fba',
    500: '#5b359c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b359c;
$custom-light: #8f6fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b359c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.136,
    "s": 49.282,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43287,
    "c": 0.15933,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.07171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B359C

secondary

#A0BA72

accent

#D94FA6

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B359C

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

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