#5B3CC6#5B3CC6

#5B3CC6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.202 H 286.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3CC6
RGB	rgb(91, 60, 198)
HSL	hsl(253, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(253, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 69.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.99, 48.36, -67.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.99, 82.91, 305.68°)
OKLab	oklab(47.79% 0.0566 -0.1936)
OKLCH	oklch(47.79% 0.202 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.1202, 9.5322, 54.4056)
Luminance	0.0953 (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

#5B3CC6 #A7C63C

analogous

#3C62C6 #5B3CC6 #A03CC6

triadic

#5B3CC6 #C65B3C #3CC65B

tetradic

#5B3CC6 #C63C62 #A7C63C #3CC6A0

square

#5B3CC6 #C63C62 #A7C63C #3CC6A0

split-complementary

#5B3CC6 #C6A03C #62C63C

monochromatic

#2F1F69 #452D98 #5B3CC6 #836BD4 #AB9BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#5B3CC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#5B3CC6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3CC6

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3CC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3CC6	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E607D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3cc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 60, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.202 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9474d8',
    500: '#5b3cc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3cc6;
$custom-light: #9474d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3cc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.478,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47789,
    "c": 0.20171,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3CC6

secondary

#C0CE90

accent

#DE4ABD

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3CC6

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

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