#5A237E#5A237E

#5A237E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.149 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A237E
RGB	rgb(90, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(276, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(276, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.40, 41.57, -41.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.40, 58.40, 315.39°)
OKLab	oklab(38.39% 0.0928 -0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(38.39% 0.149 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.5826, 4.8822, 20.2249)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A237E #477E23

analogous

#2D237E #5A237E #7E2375

triadic

#5A237E #7E5A23 #237E5A

tetradic

#5A237E #7E2D23 #477E23 #23757E

square

#5A237E #7E2D23 #477E23 #23757E

split-complementary

#5A237E #757E23 #237E2D

monochromatic

#16081E #38164E #5A237E #7C30AE #9B4ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#5A237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#5A237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A237E

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A237E	1.00	10.63	1.98	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E3F7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#55374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.149 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c63a4',
    500: '#5a237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a237e;
$custom-light: #8c63a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.264,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38385,
    "c": 0.14871,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A237E

secondary

#74B04C

accent

#E04884

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A237E

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

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