#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
RGBrgb(94, 67, 140)
HSLhsl(262, 35%, 41%)
HSVhsv(262, 52%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(32.9%, 52.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(34.57, 28.27, -36.58)
CIE-LCHlch(34.57, 46.23, 307.70°)
OKLaboklab(44.77% 0.0563 -0.1031)
OKLCHoklch(44.77% 0.117 298.6)
XYZxyz(11.3557, 8.2873, 25.8072)
Luminance0.0829 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##5E438C1.007.902.667.90
#FFFFFF7.901.0021.001.00
#0000002.6621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.901.0021.001.00

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

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#5E438C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva