#5E358E#5E358E

#5E358E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.142 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E358E
RGB	rgb(94, 53, 142)
HSL	hsl(268, 46%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(268, 63%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 62.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.53, 37.09, -42.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.53, 56.54, 310.99°)
OKLab	oklab(42.57% 0.0752 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(42.57% 0.143 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.7705, 6.8789, 26.3463)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E358E #658E35

analogous

#35398E #5E358E #8A358E

triadic

#5E358E #8E5E35 #358E5E

tetradic

#5E358E #8E3539 #658E35 #358E8A

square

#5E358E #8E3539 #658E35 #358E8A

split-complementary

#5E358E #8E8A35 #398E35

monochromatic

#231435 #402461 #5E358E #7C46BA #9B73CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#5E358E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#5E358E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E358E

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E358E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E358E	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A4A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54485C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e358e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 53, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.142 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f6eb0',
    500: '#5e358e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e358e;
$custom-light: #8f6eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e358e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.64,
    "s": 45.641,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42565,
    "c": 0.1425,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E358E

secondary

#92B36C

accent

#D55299

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1ECF5

border

#CBC7CF

text

#0D0710

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E358E

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

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