#5A238B#5A238B

#5A238B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.163 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A238B
RGB	rgb(90, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(272, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(272, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.41, 44.75, -47.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.41, 65.27, 313.28°)
OKLab	oklab(39.42% 0.0906 -0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(39.42% 0.163 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.4766, 5.2398, 24.9332)
Luminance	0.0524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A238B #548B23

analogous

#26238B #5A238B #8B2388

triadic

#5A238B #8B5A23 #238B5A

tetradic

#5A238B #8B2623 #548B23 #23888B

square

#5A238B #8B2623 #548B23 #23888B

split-complementary

#5A238B #888B23 #238B26

monochromatic

#1B0A29 #3A175A #5A238B #7A2FBC #9854D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#5A238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#5A238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A238B

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A238B	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.163 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d63ae',
    500: '#5a238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a238b;
$custom-light: #8d63ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.731,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39422,
    "c": 0.16283,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A238B

secondary

#82B852

accent

#E3458F

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A238B

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

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