#5E338A#5E338A

#5E338A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.141 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E338A
RGB	rgb(94, 51, 138)
HSL	hsl(270, 46%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(270, 63%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 63%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.84, 37.16, -41.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.84, 55.58, 311.96°)
OKLab	oklab(41.97% 0.078 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(41.97% 0.141 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.3863, 6.5823, 24.7632)
Luminance	0.0658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E338A #5F8A33

analogous

#33348A #5E338A #8A338A

triadic

#5E338A #8A5E33 #338A5E

tetradic

#5E338A #8A3334 #5F8A33 #338A8A

square

#5E338A #8A3334 #5F8A33 #338A8A

split-complementary

#5E338A #8A8A33 #348A33

monochromatic

#211231 #40225D #5E338A #7C44B7 #9B6EC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#5E338A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#5E338A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E338A

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E338A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E338A	1.00	9.07	2.32	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00488D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C4888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#564559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e338a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 51, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.141 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6dad',
    500: '#5e338a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e338a;
$custom-light: #8f6dad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e338a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.655,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41973,
    "c": 0.14063,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E338A

secondary

#8DB167

accent

#D65295

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0D0710

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E338A

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

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