#5B4E80#5B4E80

#5B4E80 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.081 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E80
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 128)
HSL	hsl(256, 24%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 39%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 39.1%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.43, 17.20, -26.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.43, 31.42, 303.19°)
OKLab	oklab(45.87% 0.0341 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(45.87% 0.081 295)
XYZ	xyz(10.9341, 9.2313, 21.6236)
Luminance	0.0923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E80 #73804E

analogous

#4E5A80 #5B4E80 #744E80

triadic

#5B4E80 #805B4E #4E805B

tetradic

#5B4E80 #804E5A #73804E #4E8074

square

#5B4E80 #804E5A #73804E #4E8074

split-complementary

#5B4E80 #80744E #5A804E

monochromatic

#252034 #40375A #5B4E80 #7768A3 #9A8EBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#5B4E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#5B4E80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E80

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E80	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)

#405682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42557F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#535761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.081 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b7fa5',
    500: '#5b4e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e80;
$custom-light: #8b7fa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.6,
    "s": 24.272,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45873,
    "c": 0.08087,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.09231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E80

secondary

#9EA783

accent

#C167A9

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EEF4

border

#CBC9CE

text

#0C0A0F

muted

#7D7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E80

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

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