#5E23AE#5E23AE

#5E23AE is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.201 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5E23AE
RGB	rgb(94, 35, 174)
HSL	hsl(265, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(265, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 79.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.97, 54.21, -63.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.97, 83.13, 310.70°)
OKLab	oklab(42.97% 0.0874 -0.1807)
OKLCH	oklch(42.97% 0.201 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.8551, 6.6374, 40.6400)
Luminance	0.0664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.62

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5E23AE #73AE23

analogous

#232DAE #5E23AE #A323AE

triadic

#5E23AE #AE5E23 #23AE5E

tetradic

#5E23AE #AE232D #73AE23 #23AEA3

square

#5E23AE #AE232D #73AE23 #23AEA3

split-complementary

#5E23AE #AEA323 #2DAE23

monochromatic

#270F48 #42197B #5E23AE #7B37D7 #9D6AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#5E23AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#5E23AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5E23AE

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5E23AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5E23AE	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#474A69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5e23ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(94, 35, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.201 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9466c7',
    500: '#5e23ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5e23ae;
$custom-light: #9466c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5e23ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 94,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.468,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42968,
    "c": 0.20069,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5E23AE

secondary

#9EC766

accent

#E93EA1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #5E23AE

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

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