#5C23A6#5C23A6

#5C23A6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.192 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5C23A6
RGB	rgb(92, 35, 166)
HSL	hsl(266, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(266, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.6%, 78.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.99, 51.89, -59.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.99, 79.20, 310.93°)
OKLab	oklab(42.01% 0.0867 -0.1714)
OKLCH	oklch(42.01% 0.192 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8958, 6.2303, 36.6448)
Luminance	0.0623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5C23A6 #6DA623

analogous

#232CA6 #5C23A6 #9E23A6

triadic

#5C23A6 #A65C23 #23A65C

tetradic

#5C23A6 #A6232C #6DA623 #23A69E

square

#5C23A6 #A6232C #6DA623 #23A69E

split-complementary

#5C23A6 #A69E23 #2CA623

monochromatic

#240E41 #401873 #5C23A6 #7932D4 #9A65DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.35

#5C23A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#5C23A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5C23A6

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5C23A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5C23A6	1.00	9.35	2.25	9.35
#FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484764

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5c23a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 35, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.192 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9265c1',
    500: '#5c23a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5c23a6;
$custom-light: #9265c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5c23a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.107,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42006,
    "c": 0.19208,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5C23A6

secondary

#99C461

accent

#E8409F

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5C23A6

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

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