#5E4E89#5E4E89

#5E4E89 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.095 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4E89
RGB	rgb(94, 78, 137)
HSL	hsl(256, 27%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(256, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 43.1%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.18, 20.60, -30.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.18, 36.90, 303.94°)
OKLab	oklab(46.67% 0.0399 -0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(46.67% 0.095 295)
XYZ	xyz(11.8547, 9.6344, 24.8971)
Luminance	0.0964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4E89 #79894E

analogous

#4E5C89 #5E4E89 #7C4E89

triadic

#5E4E89 #895E4E #4E895E

tetradic

#5E4E89 #894E5C #79894E #4E897C

square

#5E4E89 #894E5C #79894E #4E897C

split-complementary

#5E4E89 #897C4E #5C894E

monochromatic

#28223B #433862 #5E4E89 #7B6AAA #9E91C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#5E4E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#5E4E89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4E89

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4E89	1.00	7.17	2.93	7.17
#FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D588B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F5788

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#555965

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 78, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.095 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d7fac',
    500: '#5e4e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4e89;
$custom-light: #8d7fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.271,
    "s": 27.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46665,
    "c": 0.09458,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.09635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4E89

secondary

#A2AD86

accent

#C464AA

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EEF4

border

#CBC9CE

text

#0C0A10

muted

#7D7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4E89

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

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