#5B3BB7#5B3BB7

#5B3BB7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.185 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3BB7
RGB	rgb(91, 59, 183)
HSL	hsl(255, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(255, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 67.8%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.54, 44.54, -60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.54, 75.46, 306.18°)
OKLab	oklab(46.36% 0.06 -0.1747)
OKLCH	oklch(46.36% 0.185 289)
XYZ	xyz(14.4231, 8.7703, 45.7234)
Luminance	0.0877 (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

#5B3BB7 #97B73B

analogous

#3B59B7 #5B3BB7 #993BB7

triadic

#5B3BB7 #B75B3B #3BB75B

tetradic

#5B3BB7 #B73B59 #97B73B #3BB799

square

#5B3BB7 #B73B59 #97B73B #3BB799

split-complementary

#5B3BB7 #B7993B #59B73B

monochromatic

#2D1D5A #442C89 #5B3BB7 #7E63CD #A491DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.62

#5B3BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#5B3BB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3BB7

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3BB7	1.00	7.62	2.75	7.62
#FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B5A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 59, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.185 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9273ce',
    500: '#5b3bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3bb7;
$custom-light: #9273ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.484,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46362,
    "c": 0.18474,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.08771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3BB7

secondary

#B6C687

accent

#DB4DB6

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF9

border

#CCC8D2

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3BB7

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

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