#5E238D#5E238D

#5E238D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.166 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E238D
RGB	rgb(94, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(273, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(273, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.13, 46.03, -47.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.13, 66.19, 314.06°)
OKLab	oklab(40.1% 0.096 -0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(40.1% 0.166 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.0238, 5.5049, 25.7286)
Luminance	0.0551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E238D #528D23

analogous

#29238D #5E238D #8D2387

triadic

#5E238D #8D5E23 #238D5E

tetradic

#5E238D #8D2923 #528D23 #23878D

square

#5E238D #8D2923 #528D23 #23878D

split-complementary

#5E238D #878D23 #238D29

monochromatic

#1D0B2B #3D175C #5E238D #7F2FBE #9C55D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.00

#5E238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#5E238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E238D

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E238D	1.00	10.00	2.10	10.00
#FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.166 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9064af',
    500: '#5e238d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e238d;
$custom-light: #9064af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.396,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40101,
    "c": 0.16591,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E238D

secondary

#80B953

accent

#E3448B

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E238D

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

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