#5B3CB5#5B3CB5

#5B3CB5 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.181 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3CB5
RGB	rgb(91, 60, 181)
HSL	hsl(255, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(255, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 66.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.58, 43.41, -59.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.58, 73.78, 306.04°)
OKLab	oklab(46.34% 0.0593 -0.171)
OKLCH	oklch(46.34% 0.181 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.2683, 8.7915, 44.6522)
Luminance	0.0879 (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

#5B3CB5 #96B53C

analogous

#3C5AB5 #5B3CB5 #983CB5

triadic

#5B3CB5 #B55B3C #3CB55B

tetradic

#5B3CB5 #B53C5A #96B53C #3CB598

square

#5B3CB5 #B53C5A #96B53C #3CB598

split-complementary

#5B3CB5 #B5983C #5AB53C

monochromatic

#2D1E59 #442D87 #5B3CB5 #7E63CB #A491DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.61

#5B3CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#5B3CB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3CB5

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3CB5	1.00	7.61	2.76	7.61
#FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C5A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 60, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.181 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9174cc',
    500: '#5b3cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3cb5;
$custom-light: #9174cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.372,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46341,
    "c": 0.18104,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3CB5

secondary

#B6C687

accent

#DA4EB6

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF9

border

#CCC8D2

text

#0E0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3CB5

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

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