#5B35C9#5B35C9

#5B35C9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.213 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B35C9
RGB	rgb(91, 53, 201)
HSL	hsl(255, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(255, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 73.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.96, 52.85, -70.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.96, 88.34, 306.75°)
OKLab	oklab(47.14% 0.0617 -0.2036)
OKLCH	oklch(47.14% 0.213 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.1270, 8.9865, 56.1318)
Luminance	0.0899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.31

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B35C9 #A3C935

analogous

#3559C9 #5B35C9 #A535C9

triadic

#5B35C9 #C95B35 #35C95B

tetradic

#5B35C9 #C93559 #A3C935 #35C9A5

square

#5B35C9 #C93559 #A3C935 #35C9A5

split-complementary

#5B35C9 #C9A535 #59C935

monochromatic

#2F1B68 #452899 #5B35C9 #8265D6 #A995E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.51

#5B35C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#5B35C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B35C9

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B35C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B35C9	1.00	7.51	2.80	7.51
#FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B5E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b35c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 53, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.213 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9570db',
    500: '#5b35c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b35c9;
$custom-light: #9570db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b35c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.405,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47138,
    "c": 0.21278,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B35C9

secondary

#BDCE8B

accent

#E146BA

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B35C9

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

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