#5B4E82#5B4E82

#5B4E82 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.084 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E82
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 130)
HSL	hsl(255, 25%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(255, 40%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 40%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.53, 17.75, -27.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.53, 32.62, 302.96°)
OKLab	oklab(45.98% 0.0346 -0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(45.98% 0.084 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.0671, 9.2845, 22.3238)
Luminance	0.0929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E82 #75824E

analogous

#4E5B82 #5B4E82 #754E82

triadic

#5B4E82 #825B4E #4E825B

tetradic

#5B4E82 #824E5B #75824E #4E8275

square

#5B4E82 #824E5B #75824E #4E8275

split-complementary

#5B4E82 #82754E #5B824E

monochromatic

#252035 #40375C #5B4E82 #7868A5 #9A8FBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#5B4E82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#5B4E82 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E82

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E82	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F5684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#415581

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#535762

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.084 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b7fa6',
    500: '#5b4e82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e82;
$custom-light: #8b7fa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45982,
    "c": 0.08388,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E82

secondary

#9FA884

accent

#C166AB

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EEF4

border

#CBC9CE

text

#0C0A0F

muted

#7D7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E82

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

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