#5B3BC5#5B3BC5

#5B3BC5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.202 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3BC5
RGB	rgb(91, 59, 197)
HSL	hsl(254, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(254, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 70.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.71, 48.61, -67.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.71, 82.95, 305.87°)
OKLab	oklab(47.56% 0.0576 -0.1932)
OKLCH	oklch(47.56% 0.202 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.9534, 9.3825, 53.7829)
Luminance	0.0938 (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

#5B3BC5 #A5C53B

analogous

#3B60C5 #5B3BC5 #A03BC5

triadic

#5B3BC5 #C55B3B #3BC55B

tetradic

#5B3BC5 #C53B60 #A5C53B #3BC5A0

square

#5B3BC5 #C53B60 #A5C53B #3BC5A0

split-complementary

#5B3BC5 #C5A03B #60C53B

monochromatic

#2F1F67 #452C96 #5B3BC5 #836AD3 #AA99E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#5B3BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#5B3BC5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3BC5

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3BC5	1.00	7.30	2.88	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F5F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 59, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.202 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9474d8',
    500: '#5b3bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3bc5;
$custom-light: #9474d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.913,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47564,
    "c": 0.20164,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3BC5

secondary

#BECD8F

accent

#DE4ABB

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFA

border

#CCC8D3

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3BC5

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

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