#5E238F#5E238F

#5E238F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.168 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E238F
RGB	rgb(94, 35, 143)
HSL	hsl(273, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(273, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 75.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.29, 46.51, -48.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.29, 67.23, 313.77°)
OKLab	oklab(40.26% 0.0956 -0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(40.26% 0.168 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.1739, 5.5650, 26.5194)
Luminance	0.0556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E238F #548F23

analogous

#28238F #5E238F #8F238A

triadic

#5E238F #8F5E23 #238F5E

tetradic

#5E238F #8F2823 #548F23 #238A8F

square

#5E238F #8F2823 #548F23 #238A8F

split-complementary

#5E238F #8A8F23 #238F28

monochromatic

#1D0B2D #3E175E #5E238F #7E2FC0 #9C57D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.94

#5E238F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#5E238F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E238F

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E238F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E238F	1.00	9.94	2.11	9.94
#FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553D57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e238f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 35, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.168 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9064b1',
    500: '#5e238f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e238f;
$custom-light: #9064b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e238f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.778,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40264,
    "c": 0.16802,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E238F

secondary

#82BA54

accent

#E4448D

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E238F

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

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