#5B4E70#5B4E70

#5B4E70 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.057 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E70
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 112)
HSL	hsl(263, 18%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(263, 30%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 30.4%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.68, 12.99, -17.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.68, 21.83, 306.52°)
OKLab	oklab(45.06% 0.0298 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(45.06% 0.057 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.9628, 8.8428, 16.5081)
Luminance	0.0884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E70 #63704E

analogous

#4E5270 #5B4E70 #6C4E70

triadic

#5B4E70 #705B4E #4E705B

tetradic

#5B4E70 #704E52 #63704E #4E706C

square

#5B4E70 #704E52 #63704E #4E706C

split-complementary

#5B4E70 #706C4E #52704E

monochromatic

#201C28 #3E354C #5B4E70 #786794 #988BAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.59

#5B4E70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#5B4E70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E70

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E70	1.00	7.59	2.77	7.59
#FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#475471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49546F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#58535A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.057 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a7f99',
    500: '#5b4e70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e70;
$custom-light: #8a7f99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.941,
    "s": 17.895,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45056,
    "c": 0.05666,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E70

secondary

#909B7F

accent

#BB6D9D

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#F0EEF2

border

#CBC9CC

text

#0B0A0E

muted

#7C7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E70

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

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