#5E4E8B#5E4E8B

#5E4E8B is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.098 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4E8B
RGB	rgb(94, 78, 139)
HSL	hsl(256, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(256, 44%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 43.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.28, 21.16, -31.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.28, 38.08, 303.75°)
OKLab	oklab(46.78% 0.0403 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(46.78% 0.098 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9995, 9.6923, 25.6597)
Luminance	0.0969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4E8B #7B8B4E

analogous

#4E5C8B #5E4E8B #7D4E8B

triadic

#5E4E8B #8B5E4E #4E8B5E

tetradic

#5E4E8B #8B4E5C #7B8B4E #4E8B7D

square

#5E4E8B #8B4E5C #7B8B4E #4E8B7D

split-complementary

#5E4E8B #8B7D4E #5C8B4E

monochromatic

#29223D #433864 #5E4E8B #7C6BAC #9E92C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#5E4E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#5E4E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4E8B

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4E8B	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B588D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E5789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#545966

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 78, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.098 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d7fad',
    500: '#5e4e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4e8b;
$custom-light: #8d7fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.738,
    "s": 28.111,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4678,
    "c": 0.09752,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4E8B

secondary

#A4AE87

accent

#C463AB

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EEF4

border

#CBC9CE

text

#0C0A10

muted

#7D7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4E8B

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

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