#5B397E#5B397E

#5B397E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.115 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B397E
RGB	rgb(91, 57, 126)
HSL	hsl(270, 38%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(270, 55%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 54.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.01, 29.75, -33.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.01, 44.88, 311.52°)
OKLab	oklab(41.77% 0.0654 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(41.77% 0.115 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.5426, 6.6568, 20.5168)
Luminance	0.0666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B397E #5C7E39

analogous

#39397E #5B397E #7D397E

triadic

#5B397E #7E5B39 #397E5B

tetradic

#5B397E #7E3939 #5C7E39 #397E7D

square

#5B397E #7E3939 #5C7E39 #397E7D

split-complementary

#5B397E #7E7D39 #397E39

monochromatic

#1E132A #3D2654 #5B397E #794CA8 #9872BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#5B397E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#5B397E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B397E

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B397E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B397E	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#224880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D497C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#554656

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b397e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 57, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.115 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c70a4',
    500: '#5b397e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b397e;
$custom-light: #8c70a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b397e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.565,
    "s": 37.705,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4177,
    "c": 0.11491,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B397E

secondary

#8AA86A

accent

#CE5A95

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0C070F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B397E

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

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