#5E398E#5E398E

#5E398E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.136 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E398E
RGB	rgb(94, 57, 142)
HSL	hsl(266, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(266, 60%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 59.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.39, 34.80, -41.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.39, 54.00, 310.12°)
OKLab	oklab(43.19% 0.0701 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(43.19% 0.136 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.9605, 7.2589, 26.4096)
Luminance	0.0726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E398E #698E39

analogous

#393E8E #5E398E #89398E

triadic

#5E398E #8E5E39 #398E5E

tetradic

#5E398E #8E393E #698E39 #398E89

square

#5E398E #8E393E #698E39 #398E89

split-complementary

#5E398E #8E8939 #3E8E39

monochromatic

#241637 #412762 #5E398E #7B4DB7 #9B78C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#5E398E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#5E398E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E398E

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E398E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E398E	1.00	8.57	2.45	8.57
#FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F4C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#204C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#544A5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e398e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 57, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.136 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f71b0',
    500: '#5e398e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e398e;
$custom-light: #8f71b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e398e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.118,
    "s": 42.714,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43192,
    "c": 0.13635,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E398E

secondary

#96B271

accent

#D2559C

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1ECF5

border

#CBC7CF

text

#0D0810

muted

#7E7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E398E

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

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