#5E237E#5E237E

#5E237E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.150 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E237E
RGB	rgb(94, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(279, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(279, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.98, 42.47, -40.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.98, 58.37, 316.69°)
OKLab	oklab(38.93% 0.0985 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(38.93% 0.15 311)
XYZ	xyz(8.9823, 5.0883, 20.2436)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 5.54

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E237E #437E23

analogous

#31237E #5E237E #7E2371

triadic

#5E237E #7E5E23 #237E5E

tetradic

#5E237E #7E3123 #437E23 #23717E

square

#5E237E #7E3123 #437E23 #23717E

split-complementary

#5E237E #717E23 #237E31

monochromatic

#17081E #3A164E #5E237E #8230AE #A14ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.41

#5E237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#5E237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E237E

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E237E	1.00	10.41	2.02	10.41
#FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16417C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.150 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f63a4',
    500: '#5e237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e237e;
$custom-light: #8f63a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.901,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38929,
    "c": 0.15001,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.05088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E237E

secondary

#70B04C

accent

#E0487D

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E237E

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

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