#5A237D#5A237D

#5A237D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.148 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A237D
RGB	rgb(90, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(277, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(277, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 72%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.32, 41.33, -40.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.32, 57.87, 315.58°)
OKLab	oklab(38.31% 0.0929 -0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(38.31% 0.148 309)
XYZ	xyz(8.5184, 4.8565, 19.8867)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 5.72

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A237D #467D23

analogous

#2D237D #5A237D #7D2373

triadic

#5A237D #7D5A23 #237D5A

tetradic

#5A237D #7D2D23 #467D23 #23737D

square

#5A237D #7D2D23 #467D23 #23737D

split-complementary

#5A237D #737D23 #237D2D

monochromatic

#15081D #38164D #5A237D #7C30AD #9B4DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#5A237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#5A237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A237D

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A237D	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#103F7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55374D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.148 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c63a3',
    500: '#5a237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a237d;
$custom-light: #8c63a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.667,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38309,
    "c": 0.14761,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.04856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A237D

secondary

#73AF4C

accent

#E04883

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A237D

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

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