#5D239E#5D239E

#5D239E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.184 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5D239E
RGB	rgb(93, 35, 158)
HSL	hsl(268, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(268, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 77.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.41, 50.03, -55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.41, 75.04, 311.82°)
OKLab	oklab(41.41% 0.0905 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(41.41% 0.184 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.2852, 5.9977, 32.9042)
Luminance	0.0600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5D239E #649E23

analogous

#23269E #5D239E #9B239E

triadic

#5D239E #9E5D23 #239E5D

tetradic

#5D239E #9E2326 #649E23 #239E9B

square

#5D239E #9E2326 #649E23 #239E9B

split-complementary

#5D239E #9E9B23 #269E23

monochromatic

#220D3A #40186C #5D239E #7A2ED0 #9A60DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.55

#5D239E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#5D239E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5D239E

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5D239E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5D239E	1.00	9.55	2.20	9.55
#FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5d239e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 35, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.184 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9165bc',
    500: '#5d239e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5d239e;
$custom-light: #9165bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5d239e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.293,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41412,
    "c": 0.18374,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5D239E

secondary

#91C15C

accent

#E74199

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5D239E

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

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