#5B4E90#5B4E90

#5B4E90 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.105 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B4E90
RGB	rgb(91, 78, 144)
HSL	hsl(252, 30%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(252, 46%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 45.8%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.27, 21.70, -34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.27, 40.97, 301.99°)
OKLab	oklab(46.79% 0.0373 -0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(46.79% 0.105 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.0715, 9.6862, 27.6138)
Luminance	0.0969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B4E90 #83904E

analogous

#4E6290 #5B4E90 #7C4E90

triadic

#5B4E90 #905B4E #4E905B

tetradic

#5B4E90 #904E62 #83904E #4E907C

square

#5B4E90 #904E62 #83904E #4E907C

split-complementary

#5B4E90 #907C4E #62904E

monochromatic

#292341 #423868 #5B4E90 #796CAF #9D94C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#5B4E90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#5B4E90 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B4E90

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B4E90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B4E90	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#385992

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39568E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E5B68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b4e90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 78, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.105 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7fb1',
    500: '#5b4e90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b4e90;
$custom-light: #8c7fb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b4e90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.818,
    "s": 29.73,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46792,
    "c": 0.10471,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B4E90

secondary

#A9B188

accent

#C662B2

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EEF5

border

#CBC9CF

text

#0C0A10

muted

#7D7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B4E90

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

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