#5E438E#5E438E

#5E438E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.120 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E438E
RGB	rgb(94, 67, 142)
HSL	hsl(262, 36%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(262, 53%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.8%, 52.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.70, 28.82, -37.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.70, 47.38, 307.46°)
OKLab	oklab(44.89% 0.0565 -0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(44.89% 0.12 298)
XYZ	xyz(11.5045, 8.3469, 26.5909)
Luminance	0.0835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E438E #738E43

analogous

#434D8E #5E438E #83438E

triadic

#5E438E #8E5E43 #438E5E

tetradic

#5E438E #8E434D #738E43 #438E83

square

#5E438E #8E434D #738E43 #438E83

split-complementary

#5E438E #8E8343 #4D8E43

monochromatic

#271C3B #422F64 #5E438E #7B5CB2 #9D86C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.87

#5E438E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#5E438E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E438E

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E438E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E438E	1.00	7.87	2.67	7.87
#FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#275291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E518C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#545262

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e438e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 67, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.120 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e78af',
    500: '#5e438e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e438e;
$custom-light: #8e78af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e438e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.6,
    "s": 35.885,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44894,
    "c": 0.12023,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.08347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E438E

secondary

#9EB17C

accent

#CC5CA4

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EDF4

border

#CBC8CE

text

#0C0910

muted

#7D7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E438E

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

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