#5B387D#5B387D

#5B387D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.115 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B387D
RGB	rgb(91, 56, 125)
HSL	hsl(270, 38%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(270, 55%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 55.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.72, 30.09, -33.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.72, 44.99, 311.97°)
OKLab	oklab(41.53% 0.0668 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(41.53% 0.115 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.4294, 6.5332, 20.1623)
Luminance	0.0653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B387D #5A7D38

analogous

#38387D #5B387D #7D387C

triadic

#5B387D #7D5B38 #387D5B

tetradic

#5B387D #7D3838 #5A7D38 #387C7D

square

#5B387D #7D3838 #5A7D38 #387C7D

split-complementary

#5B387D #7C7D38 #387D38

monochromatic

#1D1228 #3C2553 #5B387D #7A4BA7 #9870BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.10

#5B387D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#5B387D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B387D

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B387D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B387D	1.00	9.10	2.31	9.10
#FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21477F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D487B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#554555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b387d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 56, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.115 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c70a3',
    500: '#5b387d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b387d;
$custom-light: #8c70a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b387d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.435,
    "s": 38.122,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41534,
    "c": 0.11532,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B387D

secondary

#88A869

accent

#CE5A93

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0C070F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B387D

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

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