#5B35AB#5B35AB

#5B35AB is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.178 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B35AB
RGB	rgb(91, 53, 171)
HSL	hsl(259, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(259, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 69%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.37, 44.38, -57.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.37, 72.48, 307.76°)
OKLab	oklab(44.51% 0.0678 -0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(44.51% 0.178 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.9361, 7.7102, 39.3268)
Luminance	0.0771 (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

#5B35AB #85AB35

analogous

#354AAB #5B35AB #9635AB

triadic

#5B35AB #AB5B35 #35AB5B

tetradic

#5B35AB #AB354A #85AB35 #35AB96

square

#5B35AB #AB354A #85AB35 #35AB96

split-complementary

#5B35AB #AB9635 #4AAB35

monochromatic

#29184E #42277C #5B35AB #7A53CA #9E82D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#5B35AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#5B35AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B35AB

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B35AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B35AB	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43526C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b35ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 53, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.178 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#906fc5',
    500: '#5b35ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b35ab;
$custom-light: #906fc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b35ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.322,
    "s": 52.679,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44505,
    "c": 0.17758,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B35AB

secondary

#ABC27A

accent

#DC4CAE

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B35AB

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

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