#5E239A#5E239A

#5E239A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.180 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E239A
RGB	rgb(94, 35, 154)
HSL	hsl(270, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(270, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 77.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.20, 49.21, -53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.20, 72.93, 312.43°)
OKLab	oklab(41.19% 0.0931 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(41.19% 0.18 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.0484, 5.9148, 31.1252)
Luminance	0.0592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E239A #5F9A23

analogous

#23239A #5E239A #9A239A

triadic

#5E239A #9A5E23 #239A5E

tetradic

#5E239A #9A2323 #5F9A23 #239A9A

square

#5E239A #9A2323 #5F9A23 #239A9A

split-complementary

#5E239A #9A9A23 #239A23

monochromatic

#210C36 #401868 #5E239A #7C2ECC #9B5DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#5E239A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#5E239A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E239A

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E239A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E239A	1.00	9.62	2.18	9.62
#FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e239a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 35, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.180 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9265b9',
    500: '#5e239a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e239a;
$custom-light: #9265b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e239a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.748,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41187,
    "c": 0.17966,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E239A

secondary

#8DBF5A

accent

#E64295

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E239A

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

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