#5A237B#5A237B

#5A237B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.145 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A237B
RGB	rgb(90, 35, 123)
HSL	hsl(278, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(278, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 71.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.17, 40.86, -39.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.17, 56.81, 315.98°)
OKLab	oklab(38.16% 0.0932 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(38.16% 0.145 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.3919, 4.8060, 19.2206)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A237B #447B23

analogous

#2E237B #5A237B #7B2370

triadic

#5A237B #7B5A23 #237B5A

tetradic

#5A237B #7B2E23 #447B23 #23707B

square

#5A237B #7B2E23 #447B23 #23707B

split-complementary

#5A237B #707B23 #237B2E

monochromatic

#14081C #37154B #5A237B #7D31AB #9C4CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#5A237B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#5A237B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A237B

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A237B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A237B	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#143F79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a237b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 35, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.145 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c63a2',
    500: '#5a237b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a237b;
$custom-light: #8c63a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a237b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 55.696,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38156,
    "c": 0.14545,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A237B

secondary

#71AE4C

accent

#DF4981

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF3

border

#CBC6CD

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A237B

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

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