#5B398D#5B398D

#5B398D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.135 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B398D
RGB	rgb(91, 57, 141)
HSL	hsl(264, 42%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(264, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 59.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.97, 33.77, -41.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.97, 53.40, 309.22°)
OKLab	oklab(42.79% 0.0659 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(42.79% 0.135 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.5841, 7.0734, 26.0018)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B398D #6B8D39

analogous

#39418D #5B398D #85398D

triadic

#5B398D #8D5B39 #398D5B

tetradic

#5B398D #8D3941 #6B8D39 #398D85

square

#5B398D #8D3941 #6B8D39 #398D85

split-complementary

#5B398D #8D8539 #418D39

monochromatic

#231636 #3F2761 #5B398D #774CB7 #9978C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#5B398D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#5B398D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B398D

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B398D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B398D	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E4B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E4B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504A5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b398d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 57, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.135 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d71af',
    500: '#5b398d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b398d;
$custom-light: #8d71af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b398d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.286,
    "s": 42.424,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42787,
    "c": 0.13452,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B398D

secondary

#97B270

accent

#D256A0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0C0810

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B398D

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

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