#5B4E85#5B4E85

#5B4E85 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 46.1% C 0.088 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E85
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 133)
HSL	hsl(254, 26%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(254, 41%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 41.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.68, 18.58, -28.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.68, 34.42, 302.68°)
OKLab	oklab(46.15% 0.0352 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(46.15% 0.088 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.2714, 9.3662, 23.3998)
Luminance	0.0937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E85 #78854E

analogous

#4E5D85 #5B4E85 #774E85

triadic

#5B4E85 #855B4E #4E855B

tetradic

#5B4E85 #854E5D #78854E #4E8577

square

#5B4E85 #854E5D #78854E #4E8577

split-complementary

#5B4E85 #85774E #5D854E

monochromatic

#262138 #41375E #5B4E85 #7869A7 #9B90BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#5B4E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#5B4E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E85

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E85	1.00	7.31	2.87	7.31
#FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E5787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#405584

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#525863

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.1% 0.088 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b7fa9',
    500: '#5b4e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e85;
$custom-light: #8b7fa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.182,
    "s": 26.066,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46149,
    "c": 0.08838,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E85

secondary

#A1AA84

accent

#C265AC

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EEF4

border

#CBC9CE

text

#0C0A10

muted

#7D7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E85

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

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