#5B4E7E#5B4E7E

#5B4E7E is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.078 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E7E
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 126)
HSL	hsl(256, 24%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 38%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 38.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.33, 16.66, -25.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.33, 30.22, 303.44°)
OKLab	oklab(45.77% 0.0337 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(45.77% 0.078 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.8038, 9.1792, 20.9372)
Luminance	0.0918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E7E #717E4E

analogous

#4E597E #5B4E7E #734E7E

triadic

#5B4E7E #7E5B4E #4E7E5B

tetradic

#5B4E7E #7E4E59 #717E4E #4E7E73

square

#5B4E7E #7E4E59 #717E4E #4E7E73

split-complementary

#5B4E7E #7E734E #597E4E

monochromatic

#241F32 #403758 #5B4E7E #7768A1 #998EB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.41

#5B4E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#5B4E7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E7E

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E7E	1.00	7.41	2.84	7.41
#FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#415680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#43557D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#545660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.078 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a7fa3',
    500: '#5b4e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e7e;
$custom-light: #8a7fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.25,
    "s": 23.529,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45765,
    "c": 0.07784,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E7E

secondary

#9CA682

accent

#C068A8

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EEF4

border

#CBC9CE

text

#0C0A0F

muted

#7D7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E7E

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

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