#5E438C#5E438C

#5E438C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.117 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E438C
RGB	rgb(94, 67, 140)
HSL	hsl(262, 35%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(262, 52%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 52.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.57, 28.27, -36.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.57, 46.23, 307.70°)
OKLab	oklab(44.77% 0.0563 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(44.77% 0.117 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.3557, 8.2873, 25.8072)
Luminance	0.0829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E438C #718C43

analogous

#434C8C #5E438C #82438C

triadic

#5E438C #8C5E43 #438C5E

tetradic

#5E438C #8C434C #718C43 #438C82

square

#5E438C #8C434C #718C43 #438C82

split-complementary

#5E438C #8C8243 #4C8C43

monochromatic

#261B39 #422F63 #5E438C #7B5BB1 #9C85C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#5E438C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#5E438C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E438C

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E438C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E438C	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#29518F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#30518A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#545161

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e438c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 67, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.117 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e78ae',
    500: '#5e438c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e438c;
$custom-light: #8e78ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e438c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.192,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44765,
    "c": 0.11749,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E438C

secondary

#9CAF7B

accent

#CB5CA2

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EDF4

border

#CBC8CE

text

#0C0910

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E438C

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

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