#5E239B#5E239B

#5E239B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.181 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E239B
RGB	rgb(94, 35, 155)
HSL	hsl(270, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(270, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 77.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.28, 49.46, -54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.28, 73.44, 312.33°)
OKLab	oklab(41.27% 0.0928 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(41.27% 0.181 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.1321, 5.9482, 31.5656)
Luminance	0.0595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E239B #609B23

analogous

#23249B #5E239B #9A239B

triadic

#5E239B #9B5E23 #239B5E

tetradic

#5E239B #9B2324 #609B23 #239B9A

square

#5E239B #9B2324 #609B23 #239B9A

split-complementary

#5E239B #9B9A23 #249B23

monochromatic

#210C37 #401869 #5E239B #7C2ECD #9B5EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.59

#5E239B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#5E239B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E239B

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E239B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E239B	1.00	9.59	2.19	9.59
#FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e239b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 35, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.181 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9265b9',
    500: '#5e239b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e239b;
$custom-light: #9265b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e239b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41273,
    "c": 0.18072,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E239B

secondary

#8EBF5A

accent

#E64295

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E239B

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

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