#5B3CB7#5B3CB7

#5B3CB7 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.184 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3CB7
RGB	rgb(91, 60, 183)
HSL	hsl(255, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(255, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 67.2%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.74, 43.99, -60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.74, 74.87, 305.99°)
OKLab	oklab(46.51% 0.059 -0.1737)
OKLCH	oklch(46.51% 0.184 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.4750, 8.8741, 45.7407)
Luminance	0.0887 (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

#5B3CB7 #98B73C

analogous

#3C5AB7 #5B3CB7 #983CB7

triadic

#5B3CB7 #B75B3C #3CB75B

tetradic

#5B3CB7 #B73C5A #98B73C #3CB798

square

#5B3CB7 #B73C5A #98B73C #3CB798

split-complementary

#5B3CB7 #B7983C #5AB73C

monochromatic

#2D1E5B #442D89 #5B3CB7 #7E64CC #A592DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.57

#5B3CB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#5B3CB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3CB7

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3CB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3CB7	1.00	7.57	2.77	7.57
#FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B5B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3cb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 60, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.184 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9274ce',
    500: '#5b3cb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3cb7;
$custom-light: #9274ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3cb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.122,
    "s": 50.617,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46508,
    "c": 0.18351,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3CB7

secondary

#B7C688

accent

#DA4EB7

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF9

border

#CCC8D2

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3CB7

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

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