#5B3BC8#5B3BC8

#5B3BC8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.205 H 286.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3BC8
RGB	rgb(91, 59, 200)
HSL	hsl(254, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(254, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 70.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.97, 49.48, -68.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.97, 84.54, 305.82°)
OKLab	oklab(47.83% 0.0571 -0.1971)
OKLCH	oklch(47.83% 0.205 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.3006, 9.5213, 55.6113)
Luminance	0.0952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.05

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B3BC8 #A8C83B

analogous

#3B61C8 #5B3BC8 #A13BC8

triadic

#5B3BC8 #C85B3B #3BC85B

tetradic

#5B3BC8 #C83B61 #A8C83B #3BC8A1

square

#5B3BC8 #C83B61 #A8C83B #3BC8A1

split-complementary

#5B3BC8 #C8A13B #61C83B

monochromatic

#2F1E6B #452B9A #5B3BC8 #836BD5 #AB9BE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#5B3BC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#5B3BC8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3BC8

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3BC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3BC8	1.00	7.23	2.90	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C607D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3bc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 59, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.205 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9474da',
    500: '#5b3bc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3bc8;
$custom-light: #9474da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3bc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.617,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47828,
    "c": 0.20522,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3BC8

secondary

#C0CF90

accent

#DF48BD

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3BC8

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

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