#5B35C5#5B35C5

#5B35C5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.208 H 287.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B35C5
RGB	rgb(91, 53, 197)
HSL	hsl(256, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(256, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 73.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.60, 51.72, -69.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.60, 86.26, 306.84°)
OKLab	oklab(46.77% 0.0626 -0.1985)
OKLCH	oklch(46.77% 0.208 287.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.6625, 8.8008, 53.6859)
Luminance	0.0880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.60

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B35C5 #9FC535

analogous

#3557C5 #5B35C5 #A335C5

triadic

#5B35C5 #C55B35 #35C55B

tetradic

#5B35C5 #C53557 #9FC535 #35C5A3

square

#5B35C5 #C53557 #9FC535 #35C5A3

split-complementary

#5B35C5 #C5A335 #57C535

monochromatic

#2E1B65 #452895 #5B35C5 #8162D5 #A793E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.61

#5B35C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#5B35C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B35C5

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B35C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B35C5	1.00	7.61	2.76	7.61
#FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F5C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b35c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 53, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.208 287.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9470d8',
    500: '#5b35c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b35c5;
$custom-light: #9470d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b35c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.833,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46774,
    "c": 0.20818,
    "h": 287.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B35C5

secondary

#BBCD89

accent

#E147B8

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2ECFA

border

#CCC7D3

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B35C5

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

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