#5E236A#5E236A
#5E236A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.129 H 320.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #5E236A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(94, 35, 106) |
| HSL | hsl(290, 50%, 28%) |
| HSV | hsv(290, 67%, 42%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(11.3%, 67%, 0%, 58.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(25.63, 38.00, -29.44) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(25.63, 48.07, 322.24°) |
| OKLab | oklab(37.52% 0.0996 -0.0821) |
| OKLCH | oklch(37.52% 0.129 320.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(7.8183, 4.6227, 14.1133) |
| Luminance | 0.0462 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | purple |
Closest named colors
Darkish Purple
#751973
ΔE00 4.76
Grape Purple
#5D1451
ΔE00 6.02
Plum Purple
#4E0550
ΔE00 6.45
Purple
#800080
ΔE00 7.22
Royal Purple (survey)
#4B006E
ΔE00 7.44
Grape
#6C3461
ΔE00 7.52
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#5E236A #2F6A23
analogous
#3A236A #5E236A #6A2353
triadic
#5E236A #6A5E23 #236A5E
tetradic
#5E236A #6A3A23 #2F6A23 #23536A
square
#5E236A #6A3A23 #2F6A23 #23536A
split-complementary
#5E236A #536A23 #236A3A
monochromatic
#140817 #35143C #5E236A #873298 #AD46C2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
10.91
#5E236A on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
On black
1.92
#5E236A on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
Best text color
#FFFFFF on #5E236A
10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##5E236A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##FFFFFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##5E236A | 1.00 | 10.91 | 1.92 | 10.91 |
| #FFFFFF | 10.91 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
| #000000 | 1.92 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 |
| ##FFFFFF | 10.91 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#10396C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#2A3F68
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#5F2F43
Achromatopsia (no color)
#3D3D3D
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #5e236a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 35, 106); /* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.129 320.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#8e6295',
500: '#5e236a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #5e236a; $custom-light: #8e6295; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#5e236a",
"rgb": {
"r": 94,
"g": 35,
"b": 106
},
"hsl": {
"h": 289.859,
"s": 50.355,
"l": 27.647
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.37524,
"c": 0.12912,
"h": 320.5
},
"luminance": 0.04622
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#5E236A
secondary
#599D4B
accent
#DA4E66
background
#F8F6F9
surface
#F0EBF1
border
#CBC6CB
text
#0D050D
muted
#7D7A7E