#5B35BE#5B35BE

#5B35BE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.200 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B35BE
RGB	rgb(91, 53, 190)
HSL	hsl(257, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(257, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 72.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.98, 49.74, -65.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.98, 82.61, 307.02°)
OKLab	oklab(46.15% 0.0642 -0.1895)
OKLCH	oklch(46.15% 0.2 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.8790, 8.4874, 49.5594)
Luminance	0.0849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 2.35

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B35BE #98BE35

analogous

#3554BE #5B35BE #9F35BE

triadic

#5B35BE #BE5B35 #35BE5B

tetradic

#5B35BE #BE3554 #98BE35 #35BE9F

square

#5B35BE #BE3554 #98BE35 #35BE9F

split-complementary

#5B35BE #BE9F35 #54BE35

monochromatic

#2D1A5E #44288E #5B35BE #7E5ED2 #A58EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.78

#5B35BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#5B35BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B35BE

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B35BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B35BE	1.00	7.78	2.70	7.78
#FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#365976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b35be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 53, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.200 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9370d3',
    500: '#5b35be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b35be;
$custom-light: #9370d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b35be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.642,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46145,
    "c": 0.20007,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B35BE

secondary

#B7CA85

accent

#E048B6

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFA

border

#CCC7D3

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B35BE

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

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