#5B35AF#5B35AF

#5B35AF is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.182 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B35AF
RGB	rgb(91, 53, 175)
HSL	hsl(259, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(259, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 69.7%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.70, 45.51, -59.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.70, 74.64, 307.57°)
OKLab	oklab(44.84% 0.0671 -0.1696)
OKLCH	oklch(44.84% 0.182 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.3232, 7.8650, 41.3652)
Luminance	0.0786 (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

#5B35AF #89AF35

analogous

#354CAF #5B35AF #9835AF

triadic

#5B35AF #AF5B35 #35AF5B

tetradic

#5B35AF #AF354C #89AF35 #35AF98

square

#5B35AF #AF354C #89AF35 #35AF98

split-complementary

#5B35AF #AF9835 #4CAF35

monochromatic

#2A1951 #432780 #5B35AF #7A56CC #9F85DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#5B35AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#5B35AF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B35AF

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B35AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B35AF	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40546E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b35af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 53, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.182 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#916fc8',
    500: '#5b35af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b35af;
$custom-light: #916fc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b35af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.689,
    "s": 53.509,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44842,
    "c": 0.18237,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B35AF

secondary

#ADC47C

accent

#DD4BAF

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2ECF8

border

#CCC7D1

text

#0E0713

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B35AF

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

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