#5E237F#5E237F

#5E237F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.151 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E237F
RGB	rgb(94, 35, 127)
HSL	hsl(278, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(278, 72%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 72.4%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.06, 42.70, -40.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.06, 58.89, 316.48°)
OKLab	oklab(39% 0.0984 -0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(39% 0.151 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.0472, 5.1143, 20.5851)
Luminance	0.0511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 5.40

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E237F #447F23

analogous

#30237F #5E237F #7F2372

triadic

#5E237F #7F5E23 #237F5E

tetradic

#5E237F #7F3023 #447F23 #23727F

square

#5E237F #7F3023 #447F23 #23727F

split-complementary

#5E237F #727F23 #237F30

monochromatic

#17091F #3A164F #5E237F #8230AF #A04ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#5E237F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#5E237F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E237F

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E237F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E237F	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14417D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e237f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 35, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.151 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f63a5',
    500: '#5e237f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e237f;
$custom-light: #8f63a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e237f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.478,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39004,
    "c": 0.15107,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E237F

secondary

#71B14C

accent

#E0487E

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D060F

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E237F

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

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