#5A235E#5A235E

#5A235E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.115 H 324.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A235E
RGB	rgb(90, 35, 94)
HSL	hsl(296, 46%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(296, 63%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 62.8%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.27, 34.37, -23.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.27, 41.81, 325.28°)
OKLab	oklab(36.17% 0.0938 -0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(36.17% 0.115 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8377, 4.1843, 11.0350)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A235E #275E23

analogous

#3C235E #5A235E #5E2344

triadic

#5A235E #5E5A23 #235E5A

tetradic

#5A235E #5E3C23 #275E23 #23445E

square

#5A235E #5E3C23 #275E23 #23445E

split-complementary

#5A235E #445E23 #235E3C

monochromatic

#150816 #2F1231 #5A235E #85348B #AF44B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.43

#5A235E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#5A235E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A235E

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A235E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A235E	1.00	11.43	1.84	11.43
#FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A3560

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D3C5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C2B3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a235e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 35, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.115 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b628c',
    500: '#5a235e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a235e;
$custom-light: #8b628c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a235e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.932,
    "s": 45.736,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36172,
    "c": 0.11463,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A235E

secondary

#50924B

accent

#D5525B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#F0EAF0

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0C050C

muted

#7D797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A235E

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

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