#5B4C8A#5B4C8A

#5B4C8A is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.099 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4C8A
RGB	rgb(91, 76, 138)
HSL	hsl(255, 29%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 45%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 44.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.42, 21.25, -32.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.42, 38.78, 303.22°)
OKLab	oklab(46.04% 0.0391 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(46.04% 0.099 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.4851, 9.2278, 25.2159)
Luminance	0.0923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4C8A #7B8A4C

analogous

#4C5C8A #5B4C8A #7A4C8A

triadic

#5B4C8A #8A5B4C #4C8A5B

tetradic

#5B4C8A #8A4C5C #7B8A4C #4C8A7A

square

#5B4C8A #8A4C5C #7B8A4C #4C8A7A

split-complementary

#5B4C8A #8A7A4C #5C8A4C

monochromatic

#27213B #413663 #5B4C8A #7868AC #9B8FC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#5B4C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#5B4C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4C8A

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4C8A	1.00	7.38	2.85	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38568C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A5588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#505864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 76, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.099 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b7eac',
    500: '#5b4c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4c8a;
$custom-light: #8b7eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.516,
    "s": 28.972,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46039,
    "c": 0.09919,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4C8A

secondary

#A4AE84

accent

#C563AD

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EEF4

border

#CBC9CE

text

#0C0A10

muted

#7D7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4C8A

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

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