#5E235E#5E235E

#5E235E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.117 H 327.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E235E
RGB	rgb(94, 35, 94)
HSL	hsl(300, 46%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(300, 63%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.92, 35.54, -22.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.92, 42.19, 327.38°)
OKLab	oklab(36.78% 0.0989 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(36.78% 0.117 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.2374, 4.3904, 11.0537)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E235E #235E23

analogous

#40235E #5E235E #5E2340

triadic

#5E235E #5E5E23 #235E5E

tetradic

#5E235E #5E4023 #235E23 #23405E

square

#5E235E #5E4023 #235E23 #23405E

split-complementary

#5E235E #405E23 #235E40

monochromatic

#160816 #311231 #5E235E #8B348B #B744B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.18

#5E235E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#5E235E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E235E

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E235E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E235E	1.00	11.18	1.88	11.18
#FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C3660

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#303E5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#612A3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e235e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 35, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.117 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e628c',
    500: '#5e235e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e235e;
$custom-light: #8e628c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e235e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 45.736,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36778,
    "c": 0.11713,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E235E

secondary

#4B924B

accent

#D55252

background

#F8F6F8

surface

#F0EBF0

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0C050C

muted

#7D7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E235E

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

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