#5C239D#5C239D

#5C239D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.183 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C239D
RGB	rgb(92, 35, 157)
HSL	hsl(268, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(268, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 77.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.19, 49.61, -55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.19, 74.58, 311.70°)
OKLab	oklab(41.2% 0.0893 -0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(41.2% 0.183 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.0989, 5.9116, 32.4480)
Luminance	0.0591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C239D #649D23

analogous

#23279D #5C239D #99239D

triadic

#5C239D #9D5C23 #239D5C

tetradic

#5C239D #9D2327 #649D23 #239D99

square

#5C239D #9D2327 #649D23 #239D99

split-complementary

#5C239D #9D9923 #279D23

monochromatic

#210D39 #3F186B #5C239D #792ECF #995FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#5C239D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#5C239D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C239D

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C239D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C239D	1.00	9.62	2.18	9.62
#FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c239d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 35, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.183 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9165bb',
    500: '#5c239d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c239d;
$custom-light: #9165bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c239d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.033,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41203,
    "c": 0.18253,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C239D

secondary

#91C05C

accent

#E74199

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C239D

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

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