#5B368C#5B368C

#5B368C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.138 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B368C
RGB	rgb(91, 54, 140)
HSL	hsl(266, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(266, 61%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 61.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.24, 35.25, -41.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.24, 54.77, 310.05°)
OKLab	oklab(42.23% 0.0698 -0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(42.23% 0.138 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.3660, 6.7559, 25.5637)
Luminance	0.0676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B368C #678C36

analogous

#363C8C #5B368C #86368C

triadic

#5B368C #8C5B36 #368C5B

tetradic

#5B368C #8C363C #678C36 #368C86

square

#5B368C #8C363C #678C36 #368C86

split-complementary

#5B368C #8C8636 #3C8C36

monochromatic

#221434 #3E2560 #5B368C #7847B8 #9873C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#5B368C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#5B368C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B368C

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B368C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B368C	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#03498F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A498A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51485B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b368c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 54, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.138 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6fae',
    500: '#5b368c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b368c;
$custom-light: #8d6fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b368c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.814,
    "s": 44.33,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42232,
    "c": 0.13787,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B368C

secondary

#94B26C

accent

#D4549D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0C0710

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B368C

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

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