#5B35AC#5B35AC

#5B35AC is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.179 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B35AC
RGB	rgb(91, 53, 172)
HSL	hsl(259, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(259, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 69.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.45, 44.66, -57.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.45, 73.02, 307.71°)
OKLab	oklab(44.59% 0.0676 -0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(44.59% 0.179 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.0318, 7.7485, 39.8307)
Luminance	0.0775 (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

#5B35AC #86AC35

analogous

#354AAC #5B35AC #9735AC

triadic

#5B35AC #AC5B35 #35AC5B

tetradic

#5B35AC #AC354A #86AC35 #35AC97

square

#5B35AC #AC354A #86AC35 #35AC97

split-complementary

#5B35AC #AC9735 #4AAC35

monochromatic

#29184E #42277D #5B35AC #7A54CA #9E83D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#5B35AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#5B35AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B35AC

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B35AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B35AC	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42536C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b35ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 53, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.179 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916fc6',
    500: '#5b35ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b35ac;
$custom-light: #916fc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b35ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.16,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44589,
    "c": 0.17878,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B35AC

secondary

#ABC27B

accent

#DC4CAE

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B35AC

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

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