#5B4E83#5B4E83

#5B4E83 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.085 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E83
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 131)
HSL	hsl(255, 25%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(255, 40%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 40.5%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.58, 18.03, -27.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.58, 33.22, 302.86°)
OKLab	oklab(46.04% 0.0348 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(46.04% 0.085 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.1345, 9.3114, 22.6790)
Luminance	0.0931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E83 #76834E

analogous

#4E5B83 #5B4E83 #754E83

triadic

#5B4E83 #835B4E #4E835B

tetradic

#5B4E83 #834E5B #76834E #4E8375

square

#5B4E83 #834E5B #76834E #4E8375

split-complementary

#5B4E83 #83754E #5B834E

monochromatic

#262036 #40375D #5B4E83 #7869A6 #9A8FBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.34

#5B4E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#5B4E83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E83

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E83	1.00	7.34	2.86	7.34
#FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F5785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#415582

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#525762

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.085 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b7fa7',
    500: '#5b4e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e83;
$custom-light: #8b7fa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.717,
    "s": 25.359,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46037,
    "c": 0.08538,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E83

secondary

#A0A984

accent

#C266AB

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EEF4

border

#CBC9CE

text

#0C0A0F

muted

#7D7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E83

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

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