#5B3DB1#5B3DB1

#5B3DB1 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.175 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3DB1
RGB	rgb(91, 61, 177)
HSL	hsl(256, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(256, 66%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 65.5%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.47, 41.68, -57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.47, 70.99, 305.95°)
OKLab	oklab(46.16% 0.0588 -0.1646)
OKLCH	oklch(46.16% 0.175 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.9167, 8.7354, 42.5393)
Luminance	0.0874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.72

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B3DB1 #93B13D

analogous

#3D59B1 #5B3DB1 #953DB1

triadic

#5B3DB1 #B15B3D #3DB15B

tetradic

#5B3DB1 #B13D59 #93B13D #3DB195

square

#5B3DB1 #B13D59 #93B13D #3DB195

split-complementary

#5B3DB1 #B1953D #59B13D

monochromatic

#2C1E56 #442D83 #5B3DB1 #7D62C9 #A390D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.64

#5B3DB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#5B3DB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3DB1

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3DB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3DB1	1.00	7.64	2.75	7.64
#FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F5971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3db1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 61, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.175 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9174c9',
    500: '#5b3db1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3db1;
$custom-light: #9174c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3db1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.517,
    "s": 48.739,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46163,
    "c": 0.1748,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3DB1

secondary

#B4C486

accent

#D850B5

background

#F9F7FC

surface

#F2EDF8

border

#CCC8D1

text

#0D0813

muted

#7E7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3DB1

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

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