#5E397A#5E397A

#5E397A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.111 H 308.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E397A
RGB	rgb(94, 57, 122)
HSL	hsl(274, 36%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(274, 53%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 53.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.14, 29.59, -30.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.14, 42.77, 313.79°)
OKLab	oklab(41.87% 0.0691 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(41.87% 0.111 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.5914, 6.7112, 19.1987)
Luminance	0.0671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E397A #557A39

analogous

#3D397A #5E397A #7A3975

triadic

#5E397A #7A5E39 #397A5E

tetradic

#5E397A #7A3D39 #557A39 #39757A

square

#5E397A #7A3D39 #557A39 #39757A

split-complementary

#5E397A #757A39 #397A3D

monochromatic

#1E1227 #3E2650 #5E397A #7E4CA4 #9C71BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#5E397A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#5E397A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E397A

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E397A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E397A	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)

#27487C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#324A78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A4454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e397a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 57, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.111 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d71a1',
    500: '#5e397a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e397a;
$custom-light: #8d71a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e397a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.154,
    "s": 36.313,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4187,
    "c": 0.1107,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E397A

secondary

#83A669

accent

#CC5B8C

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0ECF2

border

#CBC7CC

text

#0C070F

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E397A

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

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