#5E428D#5E428D

#5E428D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.121 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E428D
RGB	rgb(94, 66, 141)
HSL	hsl(262, 36%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(262, 53%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 53.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.39, 29.15, -37.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.39, 47.48, 307.88°)
OKLab	oklab(44.65% 0.0578 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(44.65% 0.121 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.3709, 8.1991, 26.1777)
Luminance	0.0820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E428D #718D42

analogous

#424B8D #5E428D #83428D

triadic

#5E428D #8D5E42 #428D5E

tetradic

#5E428D #8D424B #718D42 #428D83

square

#5E428D #8D424B #718D42 #428D83

split-complementary

#5E428D #8D8342 #4B8D42

monochromatic

#261B3A #422E63 #5E428D #7B5AB2 #9C84C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.96

#5E428D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#5E428D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E428D

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E428D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E428D	1.00	7.96	2.64	7.96
#FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#265190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E508B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#545161

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e428d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 66, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.121 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e77af',
    500: '#5e428d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e428d;
$custom-light: #8e77af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e428d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.4,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4465,
    "c": 0.12052,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E428D

secondary

#9CB07B

accent

#CC5CA2

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EDF4

border

#CBC8CE

text

#0C0910

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E428D

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

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