#5E239C#5E239C

#5E239C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.182 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E239C
RGB	rgb(94, 35, 156)
HSL	hsl(269, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 77.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.37, 49.70, -54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.37, 73.96, 312.22°)
OKLab	oklab(41.36% 0.0925 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(41.36% 0.182 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.2164, 5.9820, 32.0097)
Luminance	0.0598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E239C #619C23

analogous

#23259C #5E239C #9A239C

triadic

#5E239C #9C5E23 #239C5E

tetradic

#5E239C #9C2325 #619C23 #239C9A

square

#5E239C #9C2325 #619C23 #239C9A

split-complementary

#5E239C #9C9A23 #259C23

monochromatic

#220D38 #40186A #5E239C #7C2ECE #9B5EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.56

#5E239C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#5E239C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E239C

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E239C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E239C	1.00	9.56	2.20	9.56
#FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50435F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e239c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 35, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.182 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9265ba',
    500: '#5e239c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e239c;
$custom-light: #9265ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e239c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.256,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4136,
    "c": 0.18177,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E239C

secondary

#8FC05B

accent

#E64196

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E239C

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

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