#5A238E#5A238E

#5A238E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.166 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A238E
RGB	rgb(90, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(271, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.65, 45.50, -48.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.65, 66.85, 312.89°)
OKLab	oklab(39.67% 0.09 -0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(39.67% 0.166 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.6988, 5.3287, 26.1035)
Luminance	0.0533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A238E #578E23

analogous

#24238E #5A238E #8E238D

triadic

#5A238E #8E5A23 #238E5A

tetradic

#5A238E #8E2423 #578E23 #238D8E

square

#5A238E #8E2423 #578E23 #238D8E

split-complementary

#5A238E #8D8E23 #238E24

monochromatic

#1C0B2C #3B175D #5A238E #792FBF #9756D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.17

#5A238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#5A238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A238E

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A238E	1.00	10.17	2.07	10.17
#FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.166 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e64b0',
    500: '#5a238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a238e;
$custom-light: #8e64b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.841,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3967,
    "c": 0.16608,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A238E

secondary

#85B953

accent

#E44492

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F1EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A238E

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

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