#5E4E8A#5E4E8A

#5E4E8A is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.096 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4E8A
RGB	rgb(94, 78, 138)
HSL	hsl(256, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(256, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 43.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.23, 20.88, -31.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.23, 37.49, 303.84°)
OKLab	oklab(46.72% 0.0401 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(46.72% 0.096 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.9268, 9.6633, 25.2767)
Luminance	0.0966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4E8A #7A8A4E

analogous

#4E5C8A #5E4E8A #7C4E8A

triadic

#5E4E8A #8A5E4E #4E8A5E

tetradic

#5E4E8A #8A4E5C #7A8A4E #4E8A7C

square

#5E4E8A #8A4E5C #7A8A4E #4E8A7C

split-complementary

#5E4E8A #8A7C4E #5C8A4E

monochromatic

#29223C #433863 #5E4E8A #7C6AAB #9E91C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#5E4E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#5E4E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4E8A

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4E8A	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C588C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E5789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#545965

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 78, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.096 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d7fac',
    500: '#5e4e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4e8a;
$custom-light: #8d7fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46722,
    "c": 0.09605,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4E8A

secondary

#A3AE86

accent

#C464AA

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EEF4

border

#CBC9CE

text

#0C0A10

muted

#7D7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4E8A

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

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