#5B368D#5B368D

#5B368D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.139 H 300.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B368D
RGB	rgb(91, 54, 141)
HSL	hsl(266, 45%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(266, 62%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 61.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.31, 35.52, -42.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.31, 55.33, 309.93°)
OKLab	oklab(42.31% 0.0698 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(42.31% 0.139 300.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.4401, 6.7855, 25.9538)
Luminance	0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B368D #688D36

analogous

#363D8D #5B368D #86368D

triadic

#5B368D #8D5B36 #368D5B

tetradic

#5B368D #8D363D #688D36 #368D86

square

#5B368D #8D363D #688D36 #368D86

split-complementary

#5B368D #8D8636 #3D8D36

monochromatic

#221434 #3E2561 #5B368D #7847B9 #9874CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#5B368D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#5B368D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B368D

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B368D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B368D	1.00	8.91	2.36	8.91
#FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#014990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19498B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50485C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b368d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 54, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.139 300.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6faf',
    500: '#5b368d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b368d;
$custom-light: #8d6faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b368d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.517,
    "s": 44.615,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42305,
    "c": 0.13915,
    "h": 300.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B368D

secondary

#95B26D

accent

#D4539E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0C0710

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B368D

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

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