#5B4E86#5B4E86

#5B4E86 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.090 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E86
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 134)
HSL	hsl(254, 26%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(254, 42%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 41.8%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.73, 18.86, -29.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.73, 35.01, 302.59°)
OKLab	oklab(46.21% 0.0355 -0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(46.21% 0.09 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.3408, 9.3940, 23.7654)
Luminance	0.0939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E86 #79864E

analogous

#4E5D86 #5B4E86 #774E86

triadic

#5B4E86 #865B4E #4E865B

tetradic

#5B4E86 #864E5D #79864E #4E8677

square

#5B4E86 #864E5D #79864E #4E8677

split-complementary

#5B4E86 #86774E #5D864E

monochromatic

#262139 #41375F #5B4E86 #7869A8 #9B90BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#5B4E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#5B4E86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E86

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E86	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D5788

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F5585

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#515863

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.090 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b7fa9',
    500: '#5b4e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e86;
$custom-light: #8b7fa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.929,
    "s": 26.415,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46206,
    "c": 0.08988,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E86

secondary

#A2AB85

accent

#C365AD

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EEF4

border

#CBC9CE

text

#0C0A10

muted

#7D7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E86

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

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