#5E489B#5E489B

#5E489B is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.130 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E489B
RGB	rgb(94, 72, 155)
HSL	hsl(256, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(256, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 53.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.71, 29.42, -42.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.71, 51.52, 304.83°)
OKLab	oklab(46.65% 0.0506 -0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(46.65% 0.13 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.8483, 9.3807, 32.1377)
Luminance	0.0938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E489B #859B48

analogous

#485B9B #5E489B #88489B

triadic

#5E489B #9B5E48 #489B5E

tetradic

#5E489B #9B485B #859B48 #489B88

square

#5E489B #9B485B #859B48 #489B88

split-complementary

#5E489B #9B8848 #5B9B48

monochromatic

#2B2147 #453571 #5E489B #7D68B9 #A191CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#5E489B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#5E489B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E489B

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E489B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E489B	1.00	7.30	2.88	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25579E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#295599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E596A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e489b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 72, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.130 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f7bb9',
    500: '#5e489b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e489b;
$custom-light: #8f7bb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e489b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.904,
    "s": 36.564,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46649,
    "c": 0.1301,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E489B

secondary

#ABB887

accent

#CD5BAF

background

#F9F7FB

surface

#F1EEF6

border

#CBC9D0

text

#0D0911

muted

#7E7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E489B

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

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