#5E237C#5E237C

#5E237C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.148 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E237C
RGB	rgb(94, 35, 124)
HSL	hsl(280, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(280, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 71.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.84, 42.00, -39.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.84, 57.32, 317.12°)
OKLab	oklab(38.78% 0.0987 -0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(38.78% 0.148 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.8545, 5.0372, 19.5707)
Luminance	0.0504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E237C #417C23

analogous

#31237C #5E237C #7C236D

triadic

#5E237C #7C5E23 #237C5E

tetradic

#5E237C #7C3123 #417C23 #236D7C

square

#5E237C #7C3123 #417C23 #236D7C

split-complementary

#5E237C #6D7C23 #237C31

monochromatic

#16081D #3A164C #5E237C #8230AC #A24DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.46

#5E237C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#5E237C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E237C

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E237C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E237C	1.00	10.46	2.01	10.46
#FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19417A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e237c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 35, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.148 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f63a2',
    500: '#5e237c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e237c;
$custom-light: #8f63a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e237c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.775,
    "s": 55.975,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3878,
    "c": 0.14789,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E237C

secondary

#6DAF4C

accent

#DF497B

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E237C

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

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