#5B387F#5B387F

#5B387F is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.118 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B387F
RGB	rgb(91, 56, 127)
HSL	hsl(270, 39%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(270, 56%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 55.9%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.84, 30.61, -34.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.84, 46.12, 311.58°)
OKLab	oklab(41.66% 0.0669 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(41.66% 0.118 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.5585, 6.5848, 20.8420)
Luminance	0.0659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B387F #5C7F38

analogous

#38387F #5B387F #7E387F

triadic

#5B387F #7F5B38 #387F5B

tetradic

#5B387F #7F3838 #5C7F38 #387F7E

square

#5B387F #7F3838 #5C7F38 #387F7E

split-complementary

#5B387F #7F7E38 #387F38

monochromatic

#1E132A #3D2555 #5B387F #794BA9 #9871C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#5B387F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#5B387F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B387F

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B387F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B387F	1.00	9.06	2.32	9.06
#FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#204881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B497D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#554556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b387f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 56, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.118 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c70a4',
    500: '#5b387f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b387f;
$custom-light: #8c70a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b387f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.577,
    "s": 38.798,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41664,
    "c": 0.11793,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B387F

secondary

#8AA969

accent

#CF5995

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0C070F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B387F

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

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