#5E338D#5E338D

#5E338D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.144 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E338D
RGB	rgb(94, 51, 141)
HSL	hsl(269, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(269, 64%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 63.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.04, 37.94, -42.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.04, 57.23, 311.53°)
OKLab	oklab(42.19% 0.0778 -0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(42.19% 0.144 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.6065, 6.6704, 25.9229)
Luminance	0.0667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E338D #628D33

analogous

#33358D #5E338D #8B338D

triadic

#5E338D #8D5E33 #338D5E

tetradic

#5E338D #8D3335 #628D33 #338D8B

square

#5E338D #8D3335 #628D33 #338D8B

split-complementary

#5E338D #8D8B33 #358D33

monochromatic

#221233 #402360 #5E338D #7C43BA #9B6FCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#5E338D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#5E338D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E338D

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E338D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E338D	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18498B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55465B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e338d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 51, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.144 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6daf',
    500: '#5e338d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e338d;
$custom-light: #8f6daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e338d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.667,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42191,
    "c": 0.14429,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E338D

secondary

#90B369

accent

#D75197

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0D0710

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E338D

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

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