#5B3797#5B3797

#5B3797 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.150 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3797
RGB	rgb(91, 55, 151)
HSL	hsl(263, 47%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(263, 64%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 63.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.24, 37.69, -47.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.24, 60.30, 308.68°)
OKLab	oklab(43.2% 0.068 -0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(43.2% 0.15 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.2651, 7.1907, 30.0666)
Luminance	0.0719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B3797 #739737

analogous

#374397 #5B3797 #8B3797

triadic

#5B3797 #975B37 #37975B

tetradic

#5B3797 #973743 #739737 #37978B

square

#5B3797 #973743 #739737 #37978B

split-complementary

#5B3797 #978B37 #439737

monochromatic

#25163D #40276A #5B3797 #774DBE #9A7ACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#5B3797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#5B3797 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3797

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3797	1.00	8.61	2.44	8.61
#FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004C9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#034B95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 55, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.150 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e70b6',
    500: '#5b3797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3797;
$custom-light: #8e70b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 46.602,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43202,
    "c": 0.15029,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3797

secondary

#9EB872

accent

#D652A4

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3797

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

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