#5E4E8C#5E4E8C

#5E4E8C is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.099 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E4E8C
RGB	rgb(94, 78, 140)
HSL	hsl(255, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(255, 44%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 44.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.34, 21.43, -32.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.34, 38.67, 303.66°)
OKLab	oklab(46.84% 0.0405 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(46.84% 0.099 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.0729, 9.7217, 26.0463)
Luminance	0.0972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E4E8C #7C8C4E

analogous

#4E5D8C #5E4E8C #7D4E8C

triadic

#5E4E8C #8C5E4E #4E8C5E

tetradic

#5E4E8C #8C4E5D #7C8C4E #4E8C7D

square

#5E4E8C #8C4E5D #7C8C4E #4E8C7D

split-complementary

#5E4E8C #8C7D4E #5D8C4E

monochromatic

#29223D #443865 #5E4E8C #7C6BAC #9F92C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#5E4E8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#5E4E8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E4E8C

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E4E8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E4E8C	1.00	7.13	2.94	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B598E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D578A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#545966

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e4e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 78, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.099 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d7fae',
    500: '#5e4e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e4e8c;
$custom-light: #8d7fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e4e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.484,
    "s": 28.44,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46838,
    "c": 0.09899,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E4E8C

secondary

#A5AF87

accent

#C563AC

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#F0EEF4

border

#CBC9CE

text

#0C0A10

muted

#7D7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E4E8C

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

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