#5E239F#5E239F

#5E239F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.185 H 299.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E239F
RGB	rgb(94, 35, 159)
HSL	hsl(269, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 78%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.63, 50.45, -56.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.63, 75.50, 311.93°)
OKLab	oklab(41.62% 0.0918 -0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(41.62% 0.185 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.4736, 6.0848, 33.3642)
Luminance	0.0609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E239F #649F23

analogous

#23269F #5E239F #9C239F

triadic

#5E239F #9F5E23 #239F5E

tetradic

#5E239F #9F2326 #649F23 #239F9C

square

#5E239F #9F2326 #649F23 #239F9C

split-complementary

#5E239F #9F9C23 #269F23

monochromatic

#230D3B #40186D #5E239F #7C2ED1 #9B60DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#5E239F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#5E239F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E239F

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E239F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E239F	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e239f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 35, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.185 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9265bc',
    500: '#5e239f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e239f;
$custom-light: #9265bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e239f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.548,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41621,
    "c": 0.18493,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E239F

secondary

#91C15D

accent

#E74198

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E239F

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

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