#5B388E#5B388E

#5B388E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.137 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B388E
RGB	rgb(91, 56, 142)
HSL	hsl(264, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(264, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 60.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.82, 34.63, -42.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.82, 54.62, 309.35°)
OKLab	oklab(42.7% 0.0672 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(42.7% 0.137 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.6098, 7.0054, 26.3791)
Luminance	0.0701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B388E #6B8E38

analogous

#38408E #5B388E #86388E

triadic

#5B388E #8E5B38 #388E5B

tetradic

#5B388E #8E3840 #6B8E38 #388E86

square

#5B388E #8E3840 #6B8E38 #388E86

split-complementary

#5B388E #8E8638 #408E38

monochromatic

#231536 #3F2762 #5B388E #774BB8 #9977C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#5B388E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#5B388E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B388E

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B388E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B388E	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#074B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B4A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504A5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b388e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 56, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.137 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d70b0',
    500: '#5b388e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b388e;
$custom-light: #8d70b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b388e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.419,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42696,
    "c": 0.13735,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B388E

secondary

#97B26F

accent

#D355A0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF5

border

#CBC7CF

text

#0C0710

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B388E

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

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