#5E23A4#5E23A4

#5E23A4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.190 H 298.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E23A4
RGB	rgb(94, 35, 164)
HSL	hsl(267, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(267, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 78.7%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.06, 51.70, -58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.06, 78.06, 311.47°)
OKLab	oklab(42.06% 0.0904 -0.1674)
OKLCH	oklch(42.06% 0.19 298.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9162, 6.2619, 35.6956)
Luminance	0.0626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E23A4 #69A423

analogous

#2329A4 #5E23A4 #9F23A4

triadic

#5E23A4 #A45E23 #23A45E

tetradic

#5E23A4 #A42329 #69A423 #23A49F

square

#5E23A4 #A42329 #69A423 #23A49F

split-complementary

#5E23A4 #A49F23 #29A423

monochromatic

#240D3F #411872 #5E23A4 #7B31D3 #9B64DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.32

#5E23A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#5E23A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E23A4

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E23A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E23A4	1.00	9.32	2.25	9.32
#FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4663

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e23a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 35, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.190 298.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9365c0',
    500: '#5e23a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e23a4;
$custom-light: #9365c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e23a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.442,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42062,
    "c": 0.1902,
    "h": 298.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E23A4

secondary

#96C360

accent

#E8409B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E23A4

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