#5B4591#5B4591

#5B4591 is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.121 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4591
RGB	rgb(91, 69, 145)
HSL	hsl(257, 36%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 52%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 52.4%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.05, 27.62, -38.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.05, 47.70, 305.38°)
OKLab	oklab(45.15% 0.0499 -0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(45.15% 0.121 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.5520, 8.5245, 27.8193)
Luminance	0.0853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4591 #7B9145

analogous

#455591 #5B4591 #814591

triadic

#5B4591 #915B45 #45915B

tetradic

#5B4591 #914555 #7B9145 #459181

square

#5B4591 #914555 #7B9145 #459181

split-complementary

#5B4591 #918145 #559145

monochromatic

#271E3E #413168 #5B4591 #7860B3 #9B89C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.76

#5B4591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#5B4591 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4591

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4591	1.00	7.76	2.71	7.76
#FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#275394

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C518F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E5464

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 69, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.121 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c79b2',
    500: '#5b4591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4591;
$custom-light: #8c79b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.368,
    "s": 35.514,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45145,
    "c": 0.12079,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4591

secondary

#A4B280

accent

#CC5CAB

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF6

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0911

muted

#7D7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4591

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

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