#5A236A#5A236A

#5A236A is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.127 H 317.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A236A
RGB	rgb(90, 35, 106)
HSL	hsl(286, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(286, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 67%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.00, 36.94, -30.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.00, 47.89, 320.48°)
OKLab	oklab(36.94% 0.0943 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(36.94% 0.127 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.4186, 4.4166, 14.0946)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A236A #336A23

analogous

#36236A #5A236A #6A2356

triadic

#5A236A #6A5A23 #236A5A

tetradic

#5A236A #6A3623 #336A23 #23566A

square

#5A236A #6A3623 #336A23 #23566A

split-complementary

#5A236A #566A23 #236A36

monochromatic

#140817 #33143C #5A236A #813298 #A646C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#5A236A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#5A236A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A236A

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A236A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A236A	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C386C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#263D68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A2F43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a236a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 35, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.127 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6295',
    500: '#5a236a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a236a;
$custom-light: #8b6295;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a236a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.479,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3694,
    "c": 0.12713,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A236A

secondary

#5E9D4B

accent

#DA4E6D

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF1

border

#CBC6CB

text

#0C050D

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A236A

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

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