#5A237F#5A237F

#5A237F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.150 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A237F
RGB	rgb(90, 35, 127)
HSL	hsl(276, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(276, 72%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 72.4%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.47, 41.81, -41.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.47, 58.93, 315.20°)
OKLab	oklab(38.46% 0.0927 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(38.46% 0.15 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.6475, 4.9082, 20.5664)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A237F #487F23

analogous

#2C237F #5A237F #7F2376

triadic

#5A237F #7F5A23 #237F5A

tetradic

#5A237F #7F2C23 #487F23 #23767F

square

#5A237F #7F2C23 #487F23 #23767F

split-complementary

#5A237F #767F23 #237F2C

monochromatic

#16091F #38164F #5A237F #7C30AF #9B4ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.60

#5A237F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#5A237F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A237F

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A237F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A237F	1.00	10.60	1.98	10.60
#FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C3F7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#54384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a237f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 35, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.150 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c63a5',
    500: '#5a237f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a237f;
$custom-light: #8c63a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a237f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.87,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38462,
    "c": 0.14979,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A237F

secondary

#75B14C

accent

#E04885

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A237F

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

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