#5B3AA2#5B3AA2

#5B3AA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.160 H 293.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3AA2
RGB	rgb(91, 58, 162)
HSL	hsl(259, 47%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(259, 64%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 64.2%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.69, 39.06, -51.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.69, 64.55, 307.24°)
OKLab	oklab(44.51% 0.0636 -0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(44.51% 0.16 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.3473, 7.8586, 35.0417)
Luminance	0.0786 (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

#5B3AA2 #81A23A

analogous

#3A4DA2 #5B3AA2 #8F3AA2

triadic

#5B3AA2 #A25B3A #3AA25B

tetradic

#5B3AA2 #A23A4D #81A23A #3AA28F

square

#5B3AA2 #A23A4D #81A23A #3AA28F

split-complementary

#5B3AA2 #A28F3A #4DA23A

monochromatic

#281A48 #422A75 #5B3AA2 #7957C3 #9D84D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#5B3AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#5B3AA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3AA2

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3AA2	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#475268

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 58, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.160 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f72be',
    500: '#5b3aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3aa2;
$custom-light: #8f72be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.038,
    "s": 47.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44511,
    "c": 0.15994,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3AA2

secondary

#A8BD7B

accent

#D751AC

background

#F9F7FB

surface

#F1EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0D0812

muted

#7E7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3AA2

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

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