#5E236B#5E236B

#5E236B is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.130 H 320.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E236B
RGB	rgb(94, 35, 107)
HSL	hsl(289, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(289, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 67.3%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.69, 38.22, -29.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.69, 48.58, 321.88°)
OKLab	oklab(37.59% 0.0996 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(37.59% 0.13 320)
XYZ	xyz(7.8706, 4.6437, 14.3888)
Luminance	0.0464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E236B #306B23

analogous

#3A236B #5E236B #6B2354

triadic

#5E236B #6B5E23 #236B5E

tetradic

#5E236B #6B3A23 #306B23 #23546B

square

#5E236B #6B3A23 #306B23 #23546B

split-complementary

#5E236B #546B23 #236B3A

monochromatic

#140817 #35143D #5E236B #873299 #AC46C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.89

#5E236B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#5E236B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E236B

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E236B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E236B	1.00	10.89	1.93	10.89
#FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F396D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#293F69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2F43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e236b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 35, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.130 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6396',
    500: '#5e236b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e236b;
$custom-light: #8e6396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e236b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.167,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37589,
    "c": 0.13014,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.04643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E236B

secondary

#5A9E4B

accent

#DA4E67

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0D050D

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E236B

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

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