#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
RGBrgb(91, 59, 198)
HSLhsl(254, 55%, 50%)
HSVhsv(254, 70%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(54%, 70.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(36.80, 48.90, -67.66)
CIE-LCHlch(36.80, 83.48, 305.86°)
OKLaboklab(47.65% 0.0575 -0.1945)
OKLCHoklch(47.65% 0.203 286.5)
XYZxyz(16.0683, 9.4284, 54.3883)
Luminance0.0943 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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Perceptual scales

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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
##5B3BC61.007.282.897.28
#FFFFFF7.281.0021.001.00
#0000002.8921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.281.0021.001.00

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

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#5B3BC6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva