#5B3D7E#5B3D7E

#5B3D7E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.108 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3D7E
RGB	rgb(91, 61, 126)
HSL	hsl(268, 35%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(268, 52%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 51.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.96, 27.32, -32.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.96, 42.15, 310.40°)
OKLab	oklab(42.47% 0.0595 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(42.47% 0.108 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.7482, 7.0680, 20.5853)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B3D7E #607E3D

analogous

#3D407E #5B3D7E #7C3D7E

triadic

#5B3D7E #7E5B3D #3D7E5B

tetradic

#5B3D7E #7E3D40 #607E3D #3D7E7C

square

#5B3D7E #7E3D40 #607E3D #3D7E7C

split-complementary

#5B3D7E #7E7C3D #407E3D

monochromatic

#1F152C #3D2955 #5B3D7E #7951A7 #9878BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#5B3D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#5B3D7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3D7E

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3D7E	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#294A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#314B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#554957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 61, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.108 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b73a4',
    500: '#5b3d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3d7e;
$custom-light: #8b73a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 34.759,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42474,
    "c": 0.108,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3D7E

secondary

#8EA86F

accent

#CB5D98

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EDF4

border

#CBC8CE

text

#0C080F

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3D7E

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

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