#5B3DCD#5B3DCD

#5B3DCD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.209 H 285.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3DCD
RGB	rgb(91, 61, 205)
HSL	hsl(253, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(253, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 70.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.79, 49.87, -70.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.79, 86.04, 305.43°)
OKLab	oklab(48.54% 0.0545 -0.2017)
OKLCH	oklch(48.54% 0.209 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.9992, 9.9684, 58.7741)
Luminance	0.0997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 1.25

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B3DCD #AFCD3D

analogous

#3D67CD #5B3DCD #A33DCD

triadic

#5B3DCD #CD5B3D #3DCD5B

tetradic

#5B3DCD #CD3D67 #AFCD3D #3DCDA3

square

#5B3DCD #CD3D67 #AFCD3D #3DCDA3

split-complementary

#5B3DCD #CDA33D #67CD3D

monochromatic

#2F1D72 #432AA3 #5B3DCD #846EDA #AD9EE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#5B3DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#5B3DCD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3DCD

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3DCD	1.00	7.01	2.99	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0054CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#256381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 61, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.209 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9575dd',
    500: '#5b3dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3dcd;
$custom-light: #9575dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.5,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48542,
    "c": 0.20894,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3DCD

secondary

#C5D293

accent

#E246C2

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0E0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3DCD

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

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