#5B35AA#5B35AA

#5B35AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.176 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B35AA
RGB	rgb(91, 53, 170)
HSL	hsl(259, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(259, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 68.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.29, 44.10, -56.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.29, 71.94, 307.81°)
OKLab	oklab(44.42% 0.068 -0.1627)
OKLCH	oklch(44.42% 0.176 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.8412, 7.6722, 38.8267)
Luminance	0.0767 (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

#5B35AA #84AA35

analogous

#3549AA #5B35AA #9535AA

triadic

#5B35AA #AA5B35 #35AA5B

tetradic

#5B35AA #AA3549 #84AA35 #35AA95

square

#5B35AA #AA3549 #84AA35 #35AA95

split-complementary

#5B35AA #AA9535 #49AA35

monochromatic

#29184D #42267B #5B35AA #7953C9 #9E82D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#5B35AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#5B35AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B35AA

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B35AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B35AA	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43526B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b35aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 53, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.176 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906fc4',
    500: '#5b35aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b35aa;
$custom-light: #906fc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b35aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.487,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44421,
    "c": 0.17637,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B35AA

secondary

#AAC17A

accent

#DC4CAD

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B35AA

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

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