#5B3799#5B3799

#5B3799 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.153 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3799
RGB	rgb(91, 55, 153)
HSL	hsl(262, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(262, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 64.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.38, 38.24, -48.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.38, 61.41, 308.51°)
OKLab	oklab(43.36% 0.0678 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(43.36% 0.153 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.4288, 7.2562, 30.9293)
Luminance	0.0726 (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

#5B3799 #759937

analogous

#374499 #5B3799 #8C3799

triadic

#5B3799 #995B37 #37995B

tetradic

#5B3799 #993744 #759937 #37998C

square

#5B3799 #993744 #759937 #37998C

split-complementary

#5B3799 #998C37 #449937

monochromatic

#25173F #40276C #5B3799 #784EBF #9A7BD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#5B3799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#5B3799 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3799

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3799	1.00	8.57	2.45	8.57
#FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004D9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 55, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.153 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e70b8',
    500: '#5b3799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3799;
$custom-light: #8e70b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.041,
    "s": 47.115,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43355,
    "c": 0.15281,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3799

secondary

#9FB973

accent

#D751A6

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3799

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

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