#5B3BB9#5B3BB9

#5B3BB9 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.187 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3BB9
RGB	rgb(91, 59, 185)
HSL	hsl(255, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(255, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 68.1%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.70, 45.12, -61.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.70, 76.54, 306.13°)
OKLab	oklab(46.53% 0.0597 -0.1774)
OKLCH	oklch(46.53% 0.187 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.6328, 8.8542, 46.8275)
Luminance	0.0886 (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

#5B3BB9 #99B93B

analogous

#3B5AB9 #5B3BB9 #9A3BB9

triadic

#5B3BB9 #B95B3B #3BB95B

tetradic

#5B3BB9 #B93B5A #99B93B #3BB99A

square

#5B3BB9 #B93B5A #99B93B #3BB99A

split-complementary

#5B3BB9 #B99A3B #5AB93B

monochromatic

#2D1D5C #442C8B #5B3BB9 #7F64CD #A592DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.58

#5B3BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#5B3BB9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3BB9

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3BB9	1.00	7.58	2.77	7.58
#FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#395B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 59, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.187 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9273cf',
    500: '#5b3bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3bb9;
$custom-light: #9273cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.238,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46531,
    "c": 0.18718,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3BB9

secondary

#B7C788

accent

#DB4DB7

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF9

border

#CCC8D2

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3BB9

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

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