#5B446C#5B446C

#5B446C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.070 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B446C
RGB	rgb(91, 68, 108)
HSL	hsl(275, 23%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(275, 37%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.7%, 37%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.79, 18.33, -19.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.79, 26.76, 313.23°)
OKLab	oklab(42.79% 0.0451 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(42.79% 0.07 310)
XYZ	xyz(9.0878, 7.4412, 15.1420)
Luminance	0.0744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B446C #556C44

analogous

#47446C #5B446C #6C4469

triadic

#5B446C #6C5B44 #446C5B

tetradic

#5B446C #6C4744 #556C44 #44696C

square

#5B446C #6C4744 #556C44 #44696C

split-complementary

#5B446C #696C44 #446C47

monochromatic

#1C1521 #3B2C46 #5B446C #7B5C92 #997DAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#5B446C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#5B446C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B446C

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B446C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B446C	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D4C6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#424E6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#594A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b446c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 68, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.070 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a7896',
    500: '#5b446c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b446c;
$custom-light: #8a7896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b446c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.5,
    "s": 22.727,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4279,
    "c": 0.07011,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.07441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B446C

secondary

#839973

accent

#BF698D

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#F0EDF2

border

#CBC8CC

text

#0C090D

muted

#7D7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B446C

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

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