#5B3BB8#5B3BB8

#5B3BB8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.186 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3BB8
RGB	rgb(91, 59, 184)
HSL	hsl(255, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(255, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 67.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.62, 44.83, -61.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.62, 76.00, 306.15°)
OKLab	oklab(46.45% 0.0599 -0.1761)
OKLCH	oklch(46.45% 0.186 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.5276, 8.8121, 46.2735)
Luminance	0.0881 (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

#5B3BB8 #98B83B

analogous

#3B5AB8 #5B3BB8 #993BB8

triadic

#5B3BB8 #B85B3B #3BB85B

tetradic

#5B3BB8 #B83B5A #98B83B #3BB899

square

#5B3BB8 #B83B5A #98B83B #3BB899

split-complementary

#5B3BB8 #B8993B #5AB83B

monochromatic

#2D1D5B #442C8A #5B3BB8 #7E63CD #A592DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.60

#5B3BB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#5B3BB8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3BB8

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3BB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3BB8	1.00	7.60	2.76	7.60
#FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A5A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3bb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 59, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.186 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9273ce',
    500: '#5b3bb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3bb8;
$custom-light: #9273ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3bb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.36,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46446,
    "c": 0.18596,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3BB8

secondary

#B7C788

accent

#DB4DB7

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF9

border

#CCC8D2

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3BB8

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

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