#5B38BB#5B38BB

#5B38BB is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.193 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B38BB
RGB	rgb(91, 56, 187)
HSL	hsl(256, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(256, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 70.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.28, 47.32, -63.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.28, 79.35, 306.61°)
OKLab	oklab(46.28% 0.0621 -0.1829)
OKLCH	oklch(46.28% 0.193 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.6956, 8.6397, 47.8974)
Luminance	0.0864 (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

#5B38BB #98BB38

analogous

#3856BB #5B38BB #9D38BB

triadic

#5B38BB #BB5B38 #38BB5B

tetradic

#5B38BB #BB3856 #98BB38 #38BB9D

square

#5B38BB #BB3856 #98BB38 #38BB9D

split-complementary

#5B38BB #BB9D38 #56BB38

monochromatic

#2D1C5D #442A8C #5B38BB #7E61D0 #A590DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#5B38BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#5B38BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B38BB

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B38BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B38BB	1.00	7.70	2.73	7.70
#FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#385A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b38bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 56, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.193 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9271d0',
    500: '#5b38bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b38bb;
$custom-light: #9271d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b38bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.031,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46281,
    "c": 0.19315,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B38BB

secondary

#B7C886

accent

#DD4BB6

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF9

border

#CCC8D2

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B38BB

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

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