#5E397B#5E397B

#5E397B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.112 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E397B
RGB	rgb(94, 57, 123)
HSL	hsl(274, 37%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(274, 54%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 53.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.20, 29.84, -31.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.20, 43.33, 313.54°)
OKLab	oklab(41.93% 0.0692 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(41.93% 0.112 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.6537, 6.7361, 19.5267)
Luminance	0.0674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E397B #567B39

analogous

#3D397B #5E397B #7B3977

triadic

#5E397B #7B5E39 #397B5E

tetradic

#5E397B #7B3D39 #567B39 #39777B

square

#5E397B #7B3D39 #567B39 #39777B

split-complementary

#5E397B #777B39 #397B3D

monochromatic

#1E1227 #3E2651 #5E397B #7E4CA5 #9C71BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#5E397B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#5E397B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E397B

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E397B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E397B	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)

#26487D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#314A79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A4454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e397b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 57, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.112 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d71a1',
    500: '#5e397b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e397b;
$custom-light: #8d71a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e397b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.636,
    "s": 36.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41932,
    "c": 0.11198,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E397B

secondary

#84A669

accent

#CD5B8D

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0ECF3

border

#CBC7CD

text

#0C070F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E397B

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

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