#5E438D#5E438D

#5E438D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.119 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E438D
RGB	rgb(94, 67, 141)
HSL	hsl(262, 36%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(262, 52%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 52.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.63, 28.54, -37.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.63, 46.80, 307.58°)
OKLab	oklab(44.83% 0.0564 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(44.83% 0.119 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.4298, 8.3170, 26.1973)
Luminance	0.0832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E438D #728D43

analogous

#434D8D #5E438D #83438D

triadic

#5E438D #8D5E43 #438D5E

tetradic

#5E438D #8D434D #728D43 #438D83

square

#5E438D #8D434D #728D43 #438D83

split-complementary

#5E438D #8D8343 #4D8D43

monochromatic

#271C3A #422F64 #5E438D #7B5CB1 #9D85C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.88

#5E438D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#5E438D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E438D

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E438D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E438D	1.00	7.88	2.66	7.88
#FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#285290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F518B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#545161

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e438d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 67, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.119 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e78af',
    500: '#5e438d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e438d;
$custom-light: #8e78af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e438d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.892,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44829,
    "c": 0.11887,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E438D

secondary

#9DB07C

accent

#CC5CA3

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EDF4

border

#CBC8CE

text

#0C0910

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E438D

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

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