#5E4D8A#5E4D8A

#5E4D8A is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.098 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4D8A
RGB	rgb(94, 77, 138)
HSL	hsl(257, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 44%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 44.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.97, 21.50, -31.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.97, 38.18, 304.28°)
OKLab	oklab(46.53% 0.0416 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(46.53% 0.098 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8563, 9.5222, 25.2532)
Luminance	0.0952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4D8A #798A4D

analogous

#4D5B8A #5E4D8A #7D4D8A

triadic

#5E4D8A #8A5E4D #4D8A5E

tetradic

#5E4D8A #8A4D5B #798A4D #4D8A7D

square

#5E4D8A #8A4D5B #798A4D #4D8A7D

split-complementary

#5E4D8A #8A7D4D #5B8A4D

monochromatic

#28213B #433763 #5E4D8A #7B69AB #9E90C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#5E4D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#5E4D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4D8A

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4D8A	1.00	7.23	2.90	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B578C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D5688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#545865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 77, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.098 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d7fac',
    500: '#5e4d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4d8a;
$custom-light: #8d7fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.721,
    "s": 28.372,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46525,
    "c": 0.09775,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4D8A

secondary

#A2AE85

accent

#C563A9

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EEF4

border

#CBC9CE

text

#0C0A10

muted

#7D7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4D8A

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

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