#5B408D#5B408D

#5B408D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.123 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B408D
RGB	rgb(91, 64, 141)
HSL	hsl(261, 38%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(261, 55%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 54.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.59, 29.56, -38.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.59, 48.76, 307.32°)
OKLab	oklab(43.98% 0.0565 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(43.98% 0.123 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.9543, 7.8139, 26.1252)
Luminance	0.0781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B408D #728D40

analogous

#404B8D #5B408D #81408D

triadic

#5B408D #8D5B40 #408D5B

tetradic

#5B408D #8D404B #728D40 #408D81

square

#5B408D #8D404B #728D40 #408D81

split-complementary

#5B408D #8D8140 #4B8D40

monochromatic

#251A39 #402D63 #5B408D #7757B3 #9981C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#5B408D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#5B408D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B408D

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B408D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B408D	1.00	8.19	2.56	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#214F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#294E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504F60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b408d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 64, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.123 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c75af',
    500: '#5b408d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b408d;
$custom-light: #8c75af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b408d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.039,
    "s": 37.561,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4398,
    "c": 0.12336,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B408D

secondary

#9DB078

accent

#CE5AA5

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EDF4

border

#CBC8CE

text

#0C0810

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B408D

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

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