#5E4E72#5E4E72

#5E4E72 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.061 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4E72
RGB	rgb(94, 78, 114)
HSL	hsl(267, 19%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(267, 32%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 31.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.07, 14.54, -18.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.07, 23.27, 308.68°)
OKLab	oklab(45.45% 0.0342 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(45.45% 0.061 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.3771, 9.0434, 17.1152)
Luminance	0.0904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4E72 #62724E

analogous

#4E5072 #5E4E72 #704E72

triadic

#5E4E72 #725E4E #4E725E

tetradic

#5E4E72 #724E50 #62724E #4E7270

square

#5E4E72 #724E50 #62724E #4E7270

split-complementary

#5E4E72 #72704E #50724E

monochromatic

#221C29 #40354E #5E4E72 #7C6796 #9B8BB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.48

#5E4E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#5E4E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4E72

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4E72	1.00	7.48	2.81	7.48
#FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#475473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A5571

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B535B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 78, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.061 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7f9a',
    500: '#5e4e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4e72;
$custom-light: #8c7f9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45454,
    "c": 0.06053,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4E72

secondary

#909D7F

accent

#BB6C98

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#F0EEF2

border

#CBC9CC

text

#0C0A0E

muted

#7D7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4E72

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

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