#5B3ED3#5B3ED3

#5B3ED3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.215 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B3ED3
RGB	rgb(91, 62, 211)
HSL	hsl(252, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(252, 71%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 70.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.50, 51.10, -72.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.50, 88.62, 305.21°)
OKLab	oklab(49.21% 0.0525 -0.2084)
OKLCH	oklch(49.21% 0.215 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.7913, 10.3714, 62.6798)
Luminance	0.1037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B3ED3 #B6D33E

analogous

#3E6BD3 #5B3ED3 #A53ED3

triadic

#5B3ED3 #D35B3E #3ED35B

tetradic

#5B3ED3 #D33E6B #B6D33E #3ED3A5

square

#5B3ED3 #D33E6B #B6D33E #3ED3A5

split-complementary

#5B3ED3 #D3A53E #6BD33E

monochromatic

#2E1C7B #4127AC #5B3ED3 #8570DE #B0A2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.83

#5B3ED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#5B3ED3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B3ED3

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B3ED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B3ED3	1.00	6.83	3.07	6.83
#FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0056D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B6684

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b3ed3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 62, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.215 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9676e2',
    500: '#5b3ed3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b3ed3;
$custom-light: #9676e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b3ed3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.678,
    "s": 62.869,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49212,
    "c": 0.21496,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B3ED3

secondary

#CAD696

accent

#E642C6

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFC

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0F0915

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B3ED3

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

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