#5E358D#5E358D

#5E358D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.141 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E358D
RGB	rgb(94, 53, 141)
HSL	hsl(268, 45%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(268, 62%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 62.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.46, 36.82, -42.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.46, 55.99, 311.12°)
OKLab	oklab(42.49% 0.0753 -0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(42.49% 0.141 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.6958, 6.8490, 25.9526)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E358D #648D35

analogous

#35388D #5E358D #8A358D

triadic

#5E358D #8D5E35 #358D5E

tetradic

#5E358D #8D3538 #648D35 #358D8A

square

#5E358D #8D3538 #648D35 #358D8A

split-complementary

#5E358D #8D8A35 #388D35

monochromatic

#231434 #402461 #5E358D #7C46B9 #9B72CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#5E358D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#5E358D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E358D

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E358D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E358D	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B4A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55475C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e358d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 53, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.141 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6eaf',
    500: '#5e358d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e358d;
$custom-light: #8f6eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e358d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.955,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42493,
    "c": 0.14127,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E358D

secondary

#91B26B

accent

#D55398

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1ECF4

border

#CBC7CE

text

#0D0710

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E358D

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

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