#5E236F#5E236F

#5E236F is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.134 H 317.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E236F
RGB	rgb(94, 35, 111)
HSL	hsl(287, 52%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(287, 68%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.3%, 68.5%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.95, 39.08, -32.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.95, 50.61, 320.56°)
OKLab	oklab(37.86% 0.0996 -0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(37.86% 0.134 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.0860, 4.7298, 15.5229)
Luminance	0.0473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 4.90

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E236F #346F23

analogous

#38236F #5E236F #6F235A

triadic

#5E236F #6F5E23 #236F5E

tetradic

#5E236F #6F3823 #346F23 #235A6F

square

#5E236F #6F3823 #346F23 #235A6F

split-complementary

#5E236F #5A6F23 #236F38

monochromatic

#140717 #371440 #5E236F #85329E #A947C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.79

#5E236F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#5E236F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E236F

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E236F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E236F	1.00	10.79	1.95	10.79
#FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#073A71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#263F6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E3146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e236f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 35, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.134 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e6399',
    500: '#5e236f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e236f;
$custom-light: #8e6399;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e236f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.579,
    "s": 52.055,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37857,
    "c": 0.13427,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E236F

secondary

#5FA24C

accent

#DB4C6C

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0D050E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E236F

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