#5E4E79#5E4E79

#5E4E79 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.071 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4E79
RGB	rgb(94, 78, 121)
HSL	hsl(262, 22%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(262, 36%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 35.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.38, 16.32, -22.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.38, 27.41, 306.54°)
OKLab	oklab(45.8% 0.0362 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(45.8% 0.071 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.7909, 9.2089, 19.2945)
Luminance	0.0921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4E79 #69794E

analogous

#4E5479 #5E4E79 #744E79

triadic

#5E4E79 #795E4E #4E795E

tetradic

#5E4E79 #794E54 #69794E #4E7974

square

#5E4E79 #794E54 #69794E #4E7974

split-complementary

#5E4E79 #79744E #54794E

monochromatic

#241E2F #413654 #5E4E79 #7B679D #9B8CB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.39

#5E4E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#5E4E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4E79

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4E79	1.00	7.39	2.84	7.39
#FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#44557B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#475578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#59555E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 78, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.071 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c7fa0',
    500: '#5e4e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4e79;
$custom-light: #8c7fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.326,
    "s": 21.608,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.458,
    "c": 0.07089,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4E79

secondary

#96A281

accent

#BE6A9F

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#F0EEF2

border

#CBC9CC

text

#0C0A0E

muted

#7D7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4E79

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

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