#5B35AD#5B35AD

#5B35AD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.180 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B35AD
RGB	rgb(91, 53, 173)
HSL	hsl(259, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(259, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 69.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.54, 44.95, -58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.54, 73.56, 307.66°)
OKLab	oklab(44.67% 0.0675 -0.1668)
OKLCH	oklch(44.67% 0.18 292)
XYZ	xyz(13.1282, 7.7870, 40.3384)
Luminance	0.0779 (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

#5B35AD #87AD35

analogous

#354BAD #5B35AD #9735AD

triadic

#5B35AD #AD5B35 #35AD5B

tetradic

#5B35AD #AD354B #87AD35 #35AD97

square

#5B35AD #AD354B #87AD35 #35AD97

split-complementary

#5B35AD #AD9735 #4BAD35

monochromatic

#2A184F #42277E #5B35AD #7A54CB #9E83D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#5B35AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#5B35AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B35AD

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B35AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B35AD	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42536D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b35ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 53, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.180 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916fc6',
    500: '#5b35ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b35ad;
$custom-light: #916fc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b35ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44673,
    "c": 0.17998,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.07787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B35AD

secondary

#ACC37B

accent

#DD4BAF

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0D0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B35AD

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

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