#5B3CA5#5B3CA5

#5B3CA5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.161 H 292.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3CA5
RGB	rgb(91, 60, 165)
HSL	hsl(258, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(258, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 63.6%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.34, 38.77, -52.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.34, 64.98, 306.64°)
OKLab	oklab(45.06% 0.0611 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(45.06% 0.161 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.7199, 8.1721, 36.4972)
Luminance	0.0817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B3CA5 #86A53C

analogous

#3C52A5 #5B3CA5 #903CA5

triadic

#5B3CA5 #A55B3C #3CA55B

tetradic

#5B3CA5 #A53C52 #86A53C #3CA590

square

#5B3CA5 #A53C52 #86A53C #3CA590

split-complementary

#5B3CA5 #A5903C #52A53C

monochromatic

#291B4B #422C78 #5B3CA5 #7A5BC3 #9E88D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.97

#5B3CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#5B3CA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3CA5

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3CA5	1.00	7.97	2.63	7.97
#FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46546B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 60, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.161 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f73c0',
    500: '#5b3ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3ca5;
$custom-light: #8f73c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.714,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45055,
    "c": 0.16099,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3CA5

secondary

#ABBE7F

accent

#D651AF

background

#F9F7FB

surface

#F1EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0D0812

muted

#7E7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3CA5

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

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