#5B3BC6#5B3BC6

#5B3BC6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.203 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3BC6
RGB	rgb(91, 59, 198)
HSL	hsl(254, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(254, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 70.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.80, 48.90, -67.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.80, 83.48, 305.86°)
OKLab	oklab(47.65% 0.0575 -0.1945)
OKLCH	oklch(47.65% 0.203 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.0683, 9.4284, 54.3883)
Luminance	0.0943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.20

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B3BC6 #A6C63B

analogous

#3B60C6 #5B3BC6 #A03BC6

triadic

#5B3BC6 #C65B3B #3BC65B

tetradic

#5B3BC6 #C63B60 #A6C63B #3BC6A0

square

#5B3BC6 #C63B60 #A6C63B #3BC6A0

split-complementary

#5B3BC6 #C6A03B #60C63B

monochromatic

#2F1E68 #452C98 #5B3BC6 #836AD4 #AA9AE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#5B3BC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#5B3BC6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3BC6

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3BC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3BC6	1.00	7.28	2.89	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E607C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3bc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 59, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.203 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9474d8',
    500: '#5b3bc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3bc6;
$custom-light: #9474d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3bc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.813,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47651,
    "c": 0.20284,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3BC6

secondary

#BFCD8F

accent

#DE4ABC

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3BC6

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

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