#5E338E#5E338E

#5E338E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.145 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E338E
RGB	rgb(94, 51, 142)
HSL	hsl(268, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(268, 64%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 64.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.11, 38.21, -43.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.11, 57.78, 311.39°)
OKLab	oklab(42.26% 0.0778 -0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(42.26% 0.146 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.6813, 6.7003, 26.3165)
Luminance	0.0670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E338E #638E33

analogous

#33358E #5E338E #8B338E

triadic

#5E338E #8E5E33 #338E5E

tetradic

#5E338E #8E3335 #638E33 #338E8B

square

#5E338E #8E3335 #638E33 #338E8B

split-complementary

#5E338E #8E8B33 #358E33

monochromatic

#221334 #402361 #5E338E #7C43BB #9B70CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#5E338E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#5E338E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E338E

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E338E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E338E	1.00	8.97	2.34	8.97
#FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16498C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54465B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e338e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 51, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.145 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6db0',
    500: '#5e338e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e338e;
$custom-light: #8f6db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e338e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.352,
    "s": 47.15,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42264,
    "c": 0.1455,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E338E

secondary

#90B469

accent

#D75198

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1ECF5

border

#CBC7CF

text

#0D0710

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E338E

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

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