#5A236E#5A236E

#5A236E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.131 H 315.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A236E
RGB	rgb(90, 35, 110)
HSL	hsl(284, 52%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(284, 68%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 68.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.27, 37.84, -32.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.27, 49.97, 319.22°)
OKLab	oklab(37.21% 0.0942 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(37.21% 0.131 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6315, 4.5018, 15.2158)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 5.73

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A236E #376E23

analogous

#34236E #5A236E #6E235C

triadic

#5A236E #6E5A23 #236E5A

tetradic

#5A236E #6E3423 #376E23 #235C6E

square

#5A236E #6E3423 #376E23 #235C6E

split-complementary

#5A236E #5C6E23 #236E34

monochromatic

#130717 #341440 #5A236E #80329C #A347C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.05

#5A236E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#5A236E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A236E

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A236E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A236E	1.00	11.05	1.90	11.05
#FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#043970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#233D6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#593145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a236e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 35, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.131 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b6298',
    500: '#5a236e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a236e;
$custom-light: #8b6298;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a236e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37213,
    "c": 0.1314,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A236E

secondary

#62A14C

accent

#DB4D73

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#F0EBF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0C050E

muted

#7D7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A236E

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

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