#5B3C8D#5B3C8D

#5B3C8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.130 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3C8D
RGB	rgb(91, 60, 141)
HSL	hsl(263, 40%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(263, 57%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 57.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.65, 31.99, -40.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.65, 51.43, 308.46°)
OKLab	oklab(43.29% 0.0619 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(43.29% 0.13 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.7368, 7.3788, 26.0527)
Luminance	0.0738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B3C8D #6E8D3C

analogous

#3C458D #5B3C8D #843C8D

triadic

#5B3C8D #8D5B3C #3C8D5B

tetradic

#5B3C8D #8D3C45 #6E8D3C #3C8D84

square

#5B3C8D #8D3C45 #6E8D3C #3C8D84

split-complementary

#5B3C8D #8D843C #458D3C

monochromatic

#241737 #3F2A62 #5B3C8D #7751B5 #997CC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.48

#5B3C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#5B3C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3C8D

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3C8D	1.00	8.48	2.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#184D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#234C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504C5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 60, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.130 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d73af',
    500: '#5b3c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3c8d;
$custom-light: #8d73af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.963,
    "s": 40.299,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43287,
    "c": 0.12978,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3C8D

secondary

#9AB174

accent

#D058A2

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EDF4

border

#CBC8CE

text

#0C0810

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3C8D

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

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