#5B508E#5B508E

#5B508E is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.098 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B508E
RGB	rgb(91, 80, 142)
HSL	hsl(251, 28%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(251, 44%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.9%, 43.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.69, 19.87, -32.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.69, 38.41, 301.14°)
OKLab	oklab(47.07% 0.0341 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(47.07% 0.098 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.0642, 9.9142, 26.8639)
Luminance	0.0991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B508E #838E50

analogous

#50648E #5B508E #7A508E

triadic

#5B508E #8E5B50 #508E5B

tetradic

#5B508E #8E5064 #838E50 #508E7A

square

#5B508E #8E5064 #838E50 #508E7A

split-complementary

#5B508E #8E7A50 #648E50

monochromatic

#292440 #423A67 #5B508E #796EAD #9D95C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#5B508E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#5B508E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5B508E

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B508E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5B508E	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C5A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C578C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E5C68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b508e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 80, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.098 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c81af',
    500: '#5b508e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b508e;
$custom-light: #8c81af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b508e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.645,
    "s": 27.928,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4707,
    "c": 0.09848,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B508E

secondary

#A9B08A

accent

#C464B3

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EEF4

border

#CBC9CE

text

#0C0A10

muted

#7D7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B508E

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

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