#5E428E#5E428E

#5E428E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.122 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E428E
RGB	rgb(94, 66, 142)
HSL	hsl(262, 37%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(262, 54%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 53.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.46, 29.43, -37.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.46, 48.06, 307.76°)
OKLab	oklab(44.72% 0.0579 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(44.72% 0.122 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.4456, 8.2290, 26.5713)
Luminance	0.0823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E428E #728E42

analogous

#424C8E #5E428E #84428E

triadic

#5E428E #8E5E42 #428E5E

tetradic

#5E428E #8E424C #728E42 #428E84

square

#5E428E #8E424C #728E42 #428E84

split-complementary

#5E428E #8E8442 #4C8E42

monochromatic

#271B3A #422F64 #5E428E #7B5BB3 #9D84C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.94

#5E428E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#5E428E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E428E

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E428E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E428E	1.00	7.94	2.65	7.94
#FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#265191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D508C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#545161

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e428e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 66, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.122 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e77af',
    500: '#5e428e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e428e;
$custom-light: #8e77af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e428e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.105,
    "s": 36.538,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44716,
    "c": 0.12188,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E428E

secondary

#9DB17B

accent

#CD5BA3

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EDF4

border

#CBC8CE

text

#0D0910

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E428E

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

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