#5B3D7A#5B3D7A

#5B3D7A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.103 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3D7A
RGB	rgb(91, 61, 122)
HSL	hsl(270, 33%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(270, 50%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 50%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.73, 26.26, -29.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.73, 39.84, 311.24°)
OKLab	oklab(42.23% 0.059 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(42.23% 0.103 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.4952, 6.9668, 19.2531)
Luminance	0.0697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B3D7A #5C7A3D

analogous

#3D3D7A #5B3D7A #793D7A

triadic

#5B3D7A #7A5B3D #3D7A5B

tetradic

#5B3D7A #7A3D3D #5C7A3D #3D7A79

square

#5B3D7A #7A3D3D #5C7A3D #3D7A79

split-complementary

#5B3D7A #7A793D #3D7A3D

monochromatic

#1E1428 #3D2951 #5B3D7A #7951A3 #9877BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#5B3D7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#5B3D7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3D7A

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3D7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3D7A	1.00	8.77	2.39	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C4A7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#344B78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3d7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 61, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.103 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b73a1',
    500: '#5b3d7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3d7a;
$custom-light: #8b73a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3d7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.508,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42228,
    "c": 0.10257,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3D7A

secondary

#8AA56E

accent

#C95E95

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#F0EDF2

border

#CBC8CC

text

#0C080F

muted

#7D7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3D7A

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

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