#5E23AC#5E23AC

#5E23AC is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.199 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E23AC
RGB	rgb(94, 35, 172)
HSL	hsl(266, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(266, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 79.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.78, 53.71, -62.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.78, 82.12, 310.84°)
OKLab	oklab(42.78% 0.088 -0.178)
OKLCH	oklch(42.78% 0.199 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.6615, 6.5600, 39.6208)
Luminance	0.0656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.81

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E23AC #71AC23

analogous

#232DAC #5E23AC #A223AC

triadic

#5E23AC #AC5E23 #23AC5E

tetradic

#5E23AC #AC232D #71AC23 #23ACA2

square

#5E23AC #AC232D #71AC23 #23ACA2

split-complementary

#5E23AC #ACA223 #2DAC23

monochromatic

#260E46 #421979 #5E23AC #7B36D6 #9C69E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#5E23AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#5E23AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E23AC

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E23AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E23AC	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#484A68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e23ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 35, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.199 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9466c6',
    500: '#5e23ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e23ac;
$custom-light: #9466c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e23ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.839,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42784,
    "c": 0.19859,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E23AC

secondary

#9CC664

accent

#E93FA0

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E23AC

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

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