#5A238F#5A238F

#5A238F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.167 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5A238F
RGB	rgb(90, 35, 143)
HSL	hsl(271, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(271, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 75.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.73, 45.75, -49.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.73, 67.38, 312.76°)
OKLab	oklab(39.75% 0.0897 -0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(39.75% 0.167 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.7742, 5.3589, 26.5007)
Luminance	0.0536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5A238F #588F23

analogous

#24238F #5A238F #8F238E

triadic

#5A238F #8F5A23 #238F5A

tetradic

#5A238F #8F2423 #588F23 #238E8F

square

#5A238F #8F2423 #588F23 #238E8F

split-complementary

#5A238F #8E8F23 #238F24

monochromatic

#1C0B2D #3B175E #5A238F #792FC0 #9757D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.14

#5A238F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#5A238F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #5A238F

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5A238F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##5A238F	1.00	10.14	2.07	10.14
#FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5a238f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 35, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.167 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e64b1',
    500: '#5a238f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5a238f;
$custom-light: #8e64b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5a238f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.556,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39754,
    "c": 0.16716,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5A238F

secondary

#86BA54

accent

#E44492

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F1EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0D0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #5A238F

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

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