#5B4E87#5B4E87

#5B4E87 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.091 H 293.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E87
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 135)
HSL	hsl(254, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(254, 42%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 42.2%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.78, 19.14, -30.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.78, 35.61, 302.51°)
OKLab	oklab(46.26% 0.0357 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(46.26% 0.091 293)
XYZ	xyz(11.4108, 9.4220, 24.1344)
Luminance	0.0942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E87 #7A874E

analogous

#4E5E87 #5B4E87 #784E87

triadic

#5B4E87 #875B4E #4E875B

tetradic

#5B4E87 #874E5E #7A874E #4E8778

square

#5B4E87 #874E5E #7A874E #4E8778

split-complementary

#5B4E87 #87784E #5E874E

monochromatic

#272139 #413860 #5B4E87 #786AA9 #9B90BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#5B4E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#5B4E87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E87

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E87	1.00	7.28	2.88	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D5789

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E5686

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#515864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.091 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b7faa',
    500: '#5b4e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e87;
$custom-light: #8b7faa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.684,
    "s": 26.761,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46263,
    "c": 0.09137,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.09422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E87

secondary

#A3AC85

accent

#C365AE

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EEF4

border

#CBC9CE

text

#0C0A10

muted

#7D7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E87

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

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