#5E23A9#5E23A9

#5E23A9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.195 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E23A9
RGB	rgb(94, 35, 169)
HSL	hsl(266, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(266, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 79.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.51, 52.95, -60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.51, 80.60, 311.07°)
OKLab	oklab(42.51% 0.0889 -0.1741)
OKLCH	oklch(42.51% 0.195 297)
XYZ	xyz(12.3767, 6.4461, 38.1206)
Luminance	0.0645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E23A9 #6EA923

analogous

#232BA9 #5E23A9 #A123A9

triadic

#5E23A9 #A95E23 #23A95E

tetradic

#5E23A9 #A9232B #6EA923 #23A9A1

square

#5E23A9 #A9232B #6EA923 #23A9A1

split-complementary

#5E23A9 #A9A123 #2BA923

monochromatic

#260E44 #421976 #5E23A9 #7B34D5 #9C67DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#5E23A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#5E23A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E23A9

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E23A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E23A9	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A4866

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e23a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 35, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.195 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9365c4',
    500: '#5e23a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e23a9;
$custom-light: #9365c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e23a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.418,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42511,
    "c": 0.19545,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.06446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E23A9

secondary

#9AC563

accent

#E93F9E

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E23A9

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

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