#5A238C#5A238C

#5A238C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.164 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A238C
RGB	rgb(90, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(271, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(271, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.49, 45.00, -48.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.49, 65.80, 313.15°)
OKLab	oklab(39.5% 0.0904 -0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(39.5% 0.164 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.5500, 5.2692, 25.3198)
Luminance	0.0527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A238C #558C23

analogous

#26238C #5A238C #8C238A

triadic

#5A238C #8C5A23 #238C5A

tetradic

#5A238C #8C2623 #558C23 #238A8C

square

#5A238C #8C2623 #558C23 #238A8C

split-complementary

#5A238C #8A8C23 #238C26

monochromatic

#1B0B2A #3B175B #5A238C #792FBD #9855D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.22

#5A238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#5A238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A238C

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A238C	1.00	10.22	2.05	10.22
#FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#503D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.164 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e63ae',
    500: '#5a238c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a238c;
$custom-light: #8e63ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.429,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39504,
    "c": 0.16391,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A238C

secondary

#83B852

accent

#E34590

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A238C

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

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