#5E338F#5E338F

#5E338F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.147 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E338F
RGB	rgb(94, 51, 143)
HSL	hsl(268, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(268, 64%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 64.3%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.19, 38.47, -43.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.19, 58.33, 311.26°)
OKLab	oklab(42.34% 0.0777 -0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(42.34% 0.147 302)
XYZ	xyz(10.7567, 6.7305, 26.7137)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E338F #648F33

analogous

#33368F #5E338F #8C338F

triadic

#5E338F #8F5E33 #338F5E

tetradic

#5E338F #8F3336 #648F33 #338F8C

square

#5E338F #8F3336 #648F33 #338F8C

split-complementary

#5E338F #8F8C33 #368F33

monochromatic

#231335 #402362 #5E338F #7C43BC #9B70CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#5E338F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#5E338F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E338F

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E338F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E338F	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004992

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14498D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54475C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e338f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 51, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.147 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6db0',
    500: '#5e338f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e338f;
$custom-light: #8f6db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e338f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.043,
    "s": 47.423,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42338,
    "c": 0.14671,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.06731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E338F

secondary

#91B46A

accent

#D75198

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1ECF5

border

#CBC7CF

text

#0D0711

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E338F

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

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