#5B35CE#5B35CE

#5B35CE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.218 H 286.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B35CE
RGB	rgb(91, 53, 206)
HSL	hsl(255, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(255, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 74.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.42, 54.26, -72.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.42, 90.91, 306.64°)
OKLab	oklab(47.6% 0.0605 -0.21)
OKLCH	oklch(47.6% 0.218 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.7247, 9.2256, 59.2800)
Luminance	0.0923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.20

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B35CE #A8CE35

analogous

#355BCE #5B35CE #A735CE

triadic

#5B35CE #CE5B35 #35CE5B

tetradic

#5B35CE #CE355B #A8CE35 #35CEA7

square

#5B35CE #CE355B #A8CE35 #35CEA7

split-complementary

#5B35CE #CEA735 #5BCE35

monochromatic

#2F1B6E #45279F #5B35CE #8366DA #AB98E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#5B35CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#5B35CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B35CE

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B35CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B35CE	1.00	7.38	2.85	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25607F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b35ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 53, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.218 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9570de',
    500: '#5b35ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b35ce;
$custom-light: #9570de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b35ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.902,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47599,
    "c": 0.21849,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B35CE

secondary

#C0D18D

accent

#E444BC

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0F0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B35CE

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

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