#5B488E#5B488E

#5B488E is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.112 H 294.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B488E
RGB	rgb(91, 72, 142)
HSL	hsl(256, 33%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(256, 49%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 49.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.62, 24.90, -36.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.62, 43.90, 304.55°)
OKLab	oklab(45.51% 0.0454 -0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(45.51% 0.112 294)
XYZ	xyz(11.5130, 8.8116, 26.6802)
Luminance	0.0881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B488E #7B8E48

analogous

#48588E #5B488E #7E488E

triadic

#5B488E #8E5B48 #488E5B

tetradic

#5B488E #8E4858 #7B8E48 #488E7E

square

#5B488E #8E4858 #7B8E48 #488E7E

split-complementary

#5B488E #8E7E48 #588E48

monochromatic

#271F3D #413365 #5B488E #7863B0 #9B8CC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.60

#5B488E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.76

#5B488E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B488E

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B488E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B488E	1.00	7.60	2.76	7.60
#FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F5591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#33538C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F5664

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b488e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 72, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.112 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7baf',
    500: '#5b488e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b488e;
$custom-light: #8c7baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b488e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.286,
    "s": 32.71,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4551,
    "c": 0.11165,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.08812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B488E

secondary

#A4B082

accent

#C95FAC

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EEF4

border

#CBC9CE

text

#0C0910

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B488E

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

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