#5B379D#5B379D

#5B379D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.158 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B379D
RGB	rgb(91, 55, 157)
HSL	hsl(261, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(261, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 65%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.68, 39.36, -50.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.68, 63.63, 308.21°)
OKLab	oklab(43.66% 0.0675 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(43.66% 0.158 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.7648, 7.3906, 32.6984)
Luminance	0.0739 (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

#5B379D #799D37

analogous

#37469D #5B379D #8E379D

triadic

#5B379D #9D5B37 #379D5B

tetradic

#5B379D #9D3746 #799D37 #379D8E

square

#5B379D #9D3746 #799D37 #379D8E

split-complementary

#5B379D #9D8E37 #469D37

monochromatic

#261742 #412770 #5B379D #7850C2 #9B7DD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#5B379D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#5B379D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B379D

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B379D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B379D	1.00	8.47	2.48	8.47
#FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b379d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 55, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.158 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f70bb',
    500: '#5b379d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b379d;
$custom-light: #8f70bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b379d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43664,
    "c": 0.15781,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B379D

secondary

#A2BB75

accent

#D850A8

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1ECF6

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0D0712

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B379D

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

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