#5E237D#5E237D

#5E237D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.149 H 311.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E237D
RGB	rgb(94, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(279, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(279, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 72%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.91, 42.24, -39.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.91, 57.84, 316.90°)
OKLab	oklab(38.85% 0.0986 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(38.85% 0.149 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.9181, 5.0626, 19.9055)
Luminance	0.0506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E237D #427D23

analogous

#31237D #5E237D #7D236F

triadic

#5E237D #7D5E23 #237D5E

tetradic

#5E237D #7D3123 #427D23 #236F7D

square

#5E237D #7D3123 #427D23 #236F7D

split-complementary

#5E237D #6F7D23 #237D31

monochromatic

#16081D #3A164D #5E237D #8230AD #A14DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#5E237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#5E237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E237D

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E237D	1.00	10.44	2.01	10.44
#FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17417B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.149 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f63a3',
    500: '#5e237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e237d;
$custom-light: #8f63a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.333,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38854,
    "c": 0.14896,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E237D

secondary

#6EAF4C

accent

#E0487C

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E237D

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

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