#5B397D#5B397D

#5B397D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.114 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B397D
RGB	rgb(91, 57, 125)
HSL	hsl(270, 37%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(270, 54%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 54.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.95, 29.49, -33.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.95, 44.31, 311.72°)
OKLab	oklab(41.71% 0.0653 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(41.71% 0.114 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.4784, 6.6311, 20.1787)
Luminance	0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B397D #5B7D39

analogous

#39397D #5B397D #7D397D

triadic

#5B397D #7D5B39 #397D5B

tetradic

#5B397D #7D3939 #5B7D39 #397D7D

square

#5B397D #7D3939 #5B7D39 #397D7D

split-complementary

#5B397D #7D7D39 #397D39

monochromatic

#1E1329 #3C2653 #5B397D #7A4CA7 #9872BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#5B397D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#5B397D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B397D

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B397D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B397D	1.00	9.03	2.33	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#23487F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E497B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#554555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b397d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 57, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.114 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b70a3',
    500: '#5b397d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b397d;
$custom-light: #8b70a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b397d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 37.363,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41706,
    "c": 0.11361,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B397D

secondary

#89A86A

accent

#CD5A94

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0C070F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B397D

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

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