#5E23A6#5E23A6

#5E23A6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.192 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E23A6
RGB	rgb(94, 35, 166)
HSL	hsl(267, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(267, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 78.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.24, 52.20, -59.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.24, 79.08, 311.31°)
OKLab	oklab(42.24% 0.0898 -0.1701)
OKLCH	oklch(42.24% 0.192 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.0983, 6.3347, 36.6543)
Luminance	0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E23A6 #6BA623

analogous

#232AA6 #5E23A6 #A023A6

triadic

#5E23A6 #A65E23 #23A65E

tetradic

#5E23A6 #A6232A #6BA623 #23A6A0

square

#5E23A6 #A6232A #6BA623 #23A6A0

split-complementary

#5E23A6 #A6A023 #2AA623

monochromatic

#250E41 #411873 #5E23A6 #7B32D4 #9C65DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#5E23A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#5E23A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E23A6

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E23A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E23A6	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B4764

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e23a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 35, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.192 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9365c1',
    500: '#5e23a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e23a6;
$custom-light: #9365c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e23a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.023,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42241,
    "c": 0.1923,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E23A6

secondary

#97C461

accent

#E8409C

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E23A6

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

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