#5E23A0#5E23A0

#5E23A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.186 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E23A0
RGB	rgb(94, 35, 160)
HSL	hsl(268, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(268, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 78.1%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.71, 50.70, -56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.71, 76.01, 311.83°)
OKLab	oklab(41.71% 0.0915 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(41.71% 0.186 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.5607, 6.1197, 33.8230)
Luminance	0.0612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E23A0 #65A023

analogous

#2326A0 #5E23A0 #9C23A0

triadic

#5E23A0 #A05E23 #23A05E

tetradic

#5E23A0 #A02326 #65A023 #23A09C

square

#5E23A0 #A02326 #65A023 #23A09C

split-complementary

#5E23A0 #A09C23 #26A023

monochromatic

#230D3C #40186E #5E23A0 #7C2FD1 #9B61DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44

#5E23A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#5E23A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E23A0

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E23A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E23A0	1.00	9.44	2.22	9.44
#FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4561

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e23a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 35, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.186 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9265bd',
    500: '#5e23a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e23a0;
$custom-light: #9265bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e23a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.32,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41708,
    "c": 0.18599,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E23A0

secondary

#92C15D

accent

#E74199

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E23A0

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

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