#5B507A#5B507A

#5B507A is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.068 H 295.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B507A
RGB	rgb(91, 80, 122)
HSL	hsl(256, 21%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 34%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 34.4%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.68, 14.32, -22.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.68, 26.42, 302.82°)
OKLab	oklab(45.97% 0.0295 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(45.97% 0.068 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.6951, 9.3665, 19.6530)
Luminance	0.0937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B507A #6F7A50

analogous

#505A7A #5B507A #70507A

triadic

#5B507A #7A5B50 #507A5B

tetradic

#5B507A #7A505A #6F7A50 #507A70

square

#5B507A #7A505A #6F7A50 #507A70

split-complementary

#5B507A #7A7050 #5A7A50

monochromatic

#242030 #3F3855 #5B507A #776A9D #998FB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#5B507A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#5B507A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B507A

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B507A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B507A	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)

#46577C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#475679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55575F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b507a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 80, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.068 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a81a0',
    500: '#5b507a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b507a;
$custom-light: #8a81a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b507a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.714,
    "s": 20.792,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45972,
    "c": 0.06822,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B507A

secondary

#9AA383

accent

#BD6AA8

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#F0EEF2

border

#CBC9CC

text

#0C0A0E

muted

#7D7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B507A

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

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