#5B368F#5B368F

#5B368F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.142 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B368F
RGB	rgb(91, 54, 143)
HSL	hsl(265, 45%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(265, 62%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 62.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.45, 36.06, -43.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.45, 56.46, 309.70°)
OKLab	oklab(42.45% 0.0697 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(42.45% 0.142 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.5903, 6.8455, 26.7447)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 8.99

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B368F #6A8F36

analogous

#363D8F #5B368F #87368F

triadic

#5B368F #8F5B36 #368F5B

tetradic

#5B368F #8F363D #6A8F36 #368F87

square

#5B368F #8F363D #6A8F36 #368F87

split-complementary

#5B368F #8F8736 #3D8F36

monochromatic

#221436 #3F2563 #5B368F #7848BA #9875CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#5B368F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#5B368F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B368F

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B368F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B368F	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15498D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50495D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b368f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 54, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.142 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d6fb0',
    500: '#5b368f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b368f;
$custom-light: #8d6fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b368f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.944,
    "s": 45.178,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4245,
    "c": 0.14168,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B368F

secondary

#96B36D

accent

#D5539F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF5

border

#CBC7CF

text

#0D0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B368F

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

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