#5B3BB3#5B3BB3

#5B3BB3 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.180 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3BB3
RGB	rgb(91, 59, 179)
HSL	hsl(256, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(256, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 67%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.21, 43.38, -59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.21, 73.29, 306.30°)
OKLab	oklab(46.03% 0.0606 -0.1693)
OKLCH	oklch(46.03% 0.18 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.0127, 8.6062, 43.5619)
Luminance	0.0861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.97

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B3BB3 #93B33B

analogous

#3B57B3 #5B3BB3 #973BB3

triadic

#5B3BB3 #B35B3B #3BB35B

tetradic

#5B3BB3 #B33B57 #93B33B #3BB397

square

#5B3BB3 #B33B57 #93B33B #3BB397

split-complementary

#5B3BB3 #B3973B #57B33B

monochromatic

#2C1D57 #442C85 #5B3BB3 #7D60CB #A38EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.72

#5B3BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#5B3BB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3BB3

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3BB3	1.00	7.72	2.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	7.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D5972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 59, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.180 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9173cb',
    500: '#5b3bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3bb3;
$custom-light: #9173cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 50.42,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46029,
    "c": 0.17982,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3BB3

secondary

#B4C585

accent

#DA4EB5

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF9

border

#CCC8D2

text

#0E0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3BB3

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

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