#5A237A#5A237A

#5A237A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.144 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A237A
RGB	rgb(90, 35, 122)
HSL	hsl(278, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(278, 71%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 71.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.10, 40.62, -38.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.10, 56.29, 316.19°)
OKLab	oklab(38.08% 0.0933 -0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(38.08% 0.144 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.3297, 4.7810, 18.8926)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A237A #437A23

analogous

#2E237A #5A237A #7A236E

triadic

#5A237A #7A5A23 #237A5A

tetradic

#5A237A #7A2E23 #437A23 #236E7A

square

#5A237A #7A2E23 #437A23 #236E7A

split-complementary

#5A237A #6E7A23 #237A2E

monochromatic

#14081B #37154A #5A237A #7D31AA #9D4CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.74

#5A237A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#5A237A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A237A

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A237A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A237A	1.00	10.74	1.96	10.74
#FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#153F78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a237a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 35, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.144 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c63a1',
    500: '#5a237a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a237a;
$custom-light: #8c63a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a237a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.931,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38081,
    "c": 0.14436,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A237A

secondary

#70AD4C

accent

#DF4980

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A237A

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

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