#5B3CE0#5B3CE0

#5B3CE0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.232 H 282.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3CE0
RGB	rgb(91, 60, 224)
HSL	hsl(251, 73%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(251, 73%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 73.2%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.30, 55.92, -78.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.30, 96.42, 305.45°)
OKLab	oklab(50.14% 0.0513 -0.2264)
OKLCH	oklch(50.14% 0.232 282.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.3806, 10.8364, 71.5769)
Luminance	0.1084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B3CE0 #C1E03C

analogous

#3C6FE0 #5B3CE0 #AD3CE0

triadic

#5B3CE0 #E05B3C #3CE05B

tetradic

#5B3CE0 #E03C6F #C1E03C #3CE0AD

square

#5B3CE0 #E03C6F #C1E03C #3CE0AD

split-complementary

#5B3CE0 #E0AD3C #6FE03C

monochromatic

#2C168B #3D1FC0 #5B3CE0 #8771E8 #B4A6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.63

#5B3CE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#5B3CE0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3CE0

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3CE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3CE0	1.00	6.63	3.17	6.63
#FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3ce0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 60, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.232 282.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9875eb',
    500: '#5b3ce0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3ce0;
$custom-light: #9875eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3ce0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.341,
    "s": 72.566,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50138,
    "c": 0.23215,
    "h": 282.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3CE0

secondary

#D1DE9A

accent

#EF39CD

background

#FAF7FE

surface

#F4EDFD

border

#CEC8D5

text

#0F0916

muted

#7F7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3CE0

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

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