#5E236E#5E236E

#5E236E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.133 H 318.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E236E
RGB	rgb(94, 35, 110)
HSL	hsl(287, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(287, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 68.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.89, 38.86, -31.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.89, 50.10, 320.88°)
OKLab	oklab(37.79% 0.0996 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(37.79% 0.133 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.0312, 4.7079, 15.2345)
Luminance	0.0471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E236E #336E23

analogous

#38236E #5E236E #6E2358

triadic

#5E236E #6E5E23 #236E5E

tetradic

#5E236E #6E3823 #336E23 #23586E

square

#5E236E #6E3823 #336E23 #23586E

split-complementary

#5E236E #586E23 #236E38

monochromatic

#140717 #361440 #5E236E #86329C #AA47C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.82

#5E236E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#5E236E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E236E

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E236E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E236E	1.00	10.82	1.94	10.82
#FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#093970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#273F6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E3045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e236e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 35, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.133 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6398',
    500: '#5e236e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e236e;
$custom-light: #8e6398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e236e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.2,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37789,
    "c": 0.13323,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E236E

secondary

#5EA14C

accent

#DB4D6B

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0D050D

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E236E

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

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