#5B3BD4#5B3BD4

#5B3BD4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.219 H 284.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3BD4
RGB	rgb(91, 59, 212)
HSL	hsl(253, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(253, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 72.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.03, 52.96, -73.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.03, 90.80, 305.68°)
OKLab	oklab(48.91% 0.0546 -0.2124)
OKLCH	oklch(48.91% 0.219 284.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.7584, 10.1044, 63.2892)
Luminance	0.1011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.50

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B3BD4 #B4D43B

analogous

#3B67D4 #5B3BD4 #A73BD4

triadic

#5B3BD4 #D45B3B #3BD45B

tetradic

#5B3BD4 #D43B67 #B4D43B #3BD4A7

square

#5B3BD4 #D43B67 #B4D43B #3BD4A7

split-complementary

#5B3BD4 #D4A73B #67D43B

monochromatic

#2F1B7A #4226AC #5B3BD4 #856DDF #AF9FEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.95

#5B3BD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#5B3BD4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3BD4

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3BD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3BD4	1.00	6.95	3.02	6.95
#FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ED8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A6584

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3bd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 59, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.219 284.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9674e2',
    500: '#5b3bd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3bd4;
$custom-light: #9674e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3bd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.549,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48905,
    "c": 0.21931,
    "h": 284.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3BD4

secondary

#C9D694

accent

#E741C4

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0F0816

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3BD4

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

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