#5E239D#5E239D

#5E239D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.183 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E239D
RGB	rgb(94, 35, 157)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.1%, 77.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.45, 49.95, -55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.45, 74.47, 312.12°)
OKLab	oklab(41.45% 0.0923 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(41.45% 0.183 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.3014, 6.0160, 32.4575)
Luminance	0.0602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E239D #629D23

analogous

#23259D #5E239D #9B239D

triadic

#5E239D #9D5E23 #239D5E

tetradic

#5E239D #9D2325 #629D23 #239D9B

square

#5E239D #9D2325 #629D23 #239D9B

split-complementary

#5E239D #9D9B23 #259D23

monochromatic

#220D39 #40186B #5E239D #7C2ECF #9B5FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.53

#5E239D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#5E239D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E239D

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E239D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E239D	1.00	9.53	2.20	9.53
#FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00449B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F435F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e239d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 35, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.183 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9265bb',
    500: '#5e239d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e239d;
$custom-light: #9265bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e239d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.016,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41446,
    "c": 0.18283,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E239D

secondary

#90C05C

accent

#E74197

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E239D

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

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