#5B3CB8#5B3CB8

#5B3CB8 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.185 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3CB8
RGB	rgb(91, 60, 184)
HSL	hsl(255, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(255, 67%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 67.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.82, 44.28, -61.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.82, 75.41, 305.96°)
OKLab	oklab(46.59% 0.0589 -0.1751)
OKLCH	oklch(46.59% 0.185 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.5795, 8.9159, 46.2908)
Luminance	0.0892 (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

#5B3CB8 #99B83C

analogous

#3C5BB8 #5B3CB8 #993CB8

triadic

#5B3CB8 #B85B3C #3CB85B

tetradic

#5B3CB8 #B83C5B #99B83C #3CB899

square

#5B3CB8 #B83C5B #99B83C #3CB899

split-complementary

#5B3CB8 #B8993C #5BB83C

monochromatic

#2D1E5C #442D8A #5B3CB8 #7F65CD #A593DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.54

#5B3CB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#5B3CB8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3CB8

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3CB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3CB8	1.00	7.54	2.78	7.54
#FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A5B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3cb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 60, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.185 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9274ce',
    500: '#5b3cb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3cb8;
$custom-light: #9274ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3cb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46591,
    "c": 0.18474,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3CB8

secondary

#B7C789

accent

#DA4DB7

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF9

border

#CCC8D2

text

#0E0814

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3CB8

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

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